svart

See also: svårt

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈsvaɻ̊ʈ]

Adjective

svart

  1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of svartur

Norn

Etymology

From Old Norse svartr, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”).

Adjective

svart

  1. black (color/colour)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sʋɑʈ/
  • (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA(key): [sʋɑʈʰː]

Etymology 1

From Norwegian Nynorsk svart, from Old Norse svartr, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”). Largely replaced older sort, from Danish sort.

Adjective

svart (neuter singular svart, definite singular and plural svarte, comparative svartere, indefinite superlative svartest, definite superlative svarteste)

  1. black (color/colour)
  2. illegal; in avoidance of taxes
Derived terms

Noun

svart n (indeclinable)

  1. black
    kledd i svart - dressed in black

Verb

svart

  1. past participle of svare

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse svartr, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”). Akin to English swarthy.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /svart/, [sʋɑ̈r̥t], [sʋɑ̈ʈː]
  • (Trøndelag) IPA(key): [sʋɑ̈ʂt]

Adjective

svart (neuter singular svart, definite singular and plural svarte, comparative svartare, indefinite superlative svartast, definite superlative svartaste)

  1. black (color/colour)
  2. illegal; in avoidance of taxes
Derived terms

Noun

svart

  1. black (color/colour)

See also
Colors in Norwegian Nynorsk · fargar (layout · text)
     kvit      grå      svart
             raud              oransje; brun              gul
                          grøn             
             (turkis)                           blå
                          rosa; lilla              rosa

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sʋɑːrt/

Verb

svart

  1. past participle of svara

References

Swedish
en svart jaguar

Etymology

From Old Swedish svarter, from Old Norse svartr, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz (“black, dark-coloured”), from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”). Cognate with Dutch zwart, English swart, German schwarz, Icelandic svartur and Danish sort. Related to Latin sordes (“dirt”), sordere (“to be dirty”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /¹svart/, [¹sv̥aʈː]
  • audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -art

Adjective

svart (comparative svartare, superlative svartast)

  1. black (color/colour)
  2. black (of a person)
  3. (often in compounds) done without legal permission; illegal

Declension
Inflection of svart
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular svart svartare svartast
Neuter singular svart svartare svartast
Plural svarta svartare svartast
Masculine plural3 svarte svartare svartast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 svarte svartare svartaste
All svarta svartare svartaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

Noun

svart n (uninflected)

  1. black (color/colour)
    Byxorna finns bara i svart
    The pants are only available in black

See also
    Colors in Swedish · färger (layout · text)
         vit      grå      svart
                 röd; karmosin, karmosinröd              orange; brun              gul; beige
                 limegrön              grön             
                 cyan (rare) turkos (common); teal              azur              blå
                 lila; indigo              magenta; purpur              rosa (common), skär (uncommon)

    References
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