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svart

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See also: svårt

Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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svart

  1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of svartur

Norn

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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svart

  1. black (color/colour)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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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

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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
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Noun

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svart n (indeclinable)

  1. black
    kledd i svart - dressed in black

Etymology 2

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Verb

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svart

  1. past participle of svare

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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
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Noun

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svart

  1. black (color/colour)

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

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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svart

  1. past participle of svara

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Swedish

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en svart jaguar

Etymology

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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

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

Adjective

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svart (comparative svartare, superlative svartast)

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

Declension

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Inflection of svart
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular svart svartare svartast
neuter singular svart svartare svartast
plural svarta svartare svartast
masculine plural2 svarte svartare svartast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 svarte svartare svartaste
all svarta svartare svartaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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Noun

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svart n (uninflected)

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

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