svart

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvaʃt]

Adjective

svart, neuter form of svartur.

1. black

Declension

svartur a21
Singular (eintal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	svartur	svørt	svart
Accusative (hvønnfall)	svartan	svarta
Dative (hvørjumfall)	svørtum	svartari	svørtum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(svarts)	(svartar/ svartrar)	(svarts)
Plural (fleirtal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	svartir	svartar	svørt
Accusative (hvønnfall)	svartar
Dative (hvørjumfall)	svørtum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(svarta svartra)

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Norwegian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʋɑʈ/

Adjective

svart

1. black
2. illegal; in avoidance of taxes

Inflection

    Inflection of svart

Bokmål		Indefinite	Definite				Indefinite	Definite
	Masculine singular	svart	svarte	Comparative	svartere	Superlative	svartest	svarteste
	Feminine singular	svart	svarte
	Neuter singular	svart	svarte
	Plural	svarte	svarte
Nynorsk		Indefinite	Definite				Indefinite	Definite
	Masculine singular	svart	svarte	Comparative	svartare	Superlative	svartast	svartaste
	Feminine singular	svart	svarte
	Neuter singular	svart	svarte
	Plural	svarte	svarte

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Swedish

Etymology

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, Danish sort, Latin sordes dirt, sordere to be dirty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvart/, IPA^(key): [ˈsvaʈ]

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Adjective

Declension of svart

Inflections of svart		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	svart	svartare		svartast
	Neuter	svart
Definite singular	Masc.	svarte		svartaste
	All	svarta		svartaste
Plural		svarta		svartaste

svart

1. black
2. illegal; in avoidance of taxes

Related terms

• svärta