svartsyn

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of svart (black) + syn (view). Apparently a calque of Danish sortsyn, coined by Danish critic Georg Brandes in 1895. First attested in 1908.[1]

Noun

svartsyn c

  1. pessimism

Declension

Declension of svartsyn 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative svartsyn svartsynen
Genitive svartsyns svartsynens
  • svartsynt

References

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