svart
Faroese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
svart
Norn[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse svartr, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”).
Adjective[edit]
svart
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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[edit]
svart (neuter singular svart, definite singular and plural svarte, comparative svartere, indefinite superlative svartest, definite superlative svarteste)
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
svart n (indeclinable)
- black
- kledd i svart - dressed in black
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
svart
- past participle of svare
References[edit]
- “svart” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse svartr, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”). Akin to English swarthy.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
svart (neuter singular svart, definite singular and plural svarte, comparative svartare, indefinite superlative svartast, definite superlative svartaste)
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
svart
See also[edit]
kvit | grå | svart |
raud | oransje; brun | gul |
grøn | ||
(turkis) | blå | |
rosa; lilla | rosa |
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
svart
- past participle of svara
References[edit]
- “svart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Adjective[edit]
svart (comparative svartare, superlative svartast)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
svart n (no inflections)
- black
- Byxorna finns bara i svart.
- The pants are only available in black.
- Byxorna finns bara i svart.
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
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[edit]
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese non-lemma forms
- Faroese adjective forms
- Norn terms derived from Old Norse
- Norn terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norn terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norn lemmas
- Norn adjectives
- nrn:Blacks
- nrn:Colors
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Norwegian Nynorsk
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål adjectives
- nb:Colors
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål verb forms
- nb:Blacks
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk adjectives
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk Colors
- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk verb forms
- nn:Blacks
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Swedish/art
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish adjectives
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- Swedish Colors
- sv:Blacks