svartsyn

Swedish

Etymology

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

svartsyn c

  1. pessimism

Declension

Declension of svartsyn
nominative genitive
singular indefinite svartsyn svartsyns
definite svartsynen svartsynens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —
  • svartsynt

References

  1. ^ svartsyn in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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