svartsyn

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

svartsyn c

  1. pessimism

Declension[edit]

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

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