/¹svart/, [¹sv̥aʈː]
UrsprungFrom 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”).
- black (color/colour)
- black (of a person)
- in-compounds, oftendone without legal permission; illegal
- neuter, uninflectedblack (color/colour)
“Byxorna finns bara i svart” — The pants are only available in black
Formersvartare(comparative) · svartast(superlative) · svart(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive) · svartare(comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite) · svartast(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative) · svart(indefinite, neuter, positive, singular) · svartare(comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular) · svartast(indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative) · svarta(indefinite, plural, positive) · svartare(comparative, indefinite, plural) · svartast(indefinite, plural, superlative) · svarte(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive) · svartare(archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural) · svartast(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative) · svarte(definite, masculine, positive, singular) · svartare(comparative, definite, masculine, singular) · svartaste(definite, masculine, singular, superlative) · svarta(definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive) · svartare(comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form) · svartaste(definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative)