nattsvart

Swedish

Etymology

natt +‎ svart. Cognate of German nachtschwarz.

Adjective

nattsvart (comparative nattsvartare, superlative nattsvartast)

  1. dark as night
  2. (figuratively) hopeless

Declension

Inflection of nattsvart
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular nattsvart nattsvartare nattsvartast
neuter singular nattsvart nattsvartare nattsvartast
plural nattsvarta nattsvartare nattsvartast
masculine plural2 nattsvarte nattsvartare nattsvartast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 nattsvarte nattsvartare nattsvartaste
all nattsvarta nattsvartare nattsvartaste

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.

References

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