svart

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvaɻ̊ʈ]

svart

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of svartur

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

svart

1. black (color/colour)

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

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.

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

svart n (indeclinable)

1. black

   kledd i svart - dressed in black

svart

1. past participle of svare

• “svart” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): /svart/, [sʋɑ̈r̥t], [sʋɑ̈ʈː]
• (Trøndelag) IPA^(key): [sʋɑ̈ʂt]

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

svart

1. black (color/colour)

Colors in Norwegian Nynorsk · fargar (layout · text)

kvit	grå	svart
raud	oransje; brun	gul
	grøn
(turkis)		blå
	rosa; lilla	rosa

• IPA^(key): /sʋɑːrt/

svart

1. past participle of svara

• “svart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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”).

• IPA^(key): /¹svart/, [¹sv̥aʈː]

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• Rhymes: -art

svart (comparative svartare, superlative svartast)

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

• svartbygge
• svart magi (“black magic”)
• svarttaxi

svart n (uninflected)

1. black (color/colour)

   Byxorna finns bara i svart

   The pants are only available in black

• svärta

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)

• svart in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• svart in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• svart in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)