svart

See also: svårt

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈsvaɻ̊ʈ]

Adjective

svart

  1. neuter nominative and accusative singular of svartur

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sʋɑʈ/

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

svart (neuter singular svart, definite singular and plural svarte, comparative svartere, indefinite superlative svartest, definite superlative svarteste)

  1. black (colour)
  2. illegal; in avoidance of taxes
Derived terms

Noun

svart n (indeclinable)

  1. black
    kledd i svart - dressed in black

Etymology 2

Verb

svart

  1. past participle of svare

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sʋɑrt/

Adjective

svart (neuter singular svart, definite singular and plural svarte, comparative svartare, indefinite superlative svartast, definite superlative svartaste)

  1. black (colour)
  2. illegal; in avoidance of taxes

Derived terms

Noun

svart

  1. black

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sʋɑːrt/

Verb

svart

  1. past participle of svara

References

Swedish

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /svart/, [svaʈ]
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Adjective

svart (comparative svartare, superlative svartast)

  1. black
  2. illegal; in avoidance of taxes

Declension
Inflection of svart
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular svart svartare svartast
Neuter singular svart svartare svartast
Plural svarta 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.

Noun

svart n (no inflections)

  1. black
    Byxorna finns bara i svart.
    The pants are only available in black.
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