svärta

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌsvɛˈʈa/
  • Rhymes: -ʈa

Etymology 1

From svart (“black”) +‎ -a. Compare German Schwärze.

Noun

svärta c

  1. a velvet scoter, Melanitta fusca
  2. darkness, blackness
    Synonyms: mörker, svarthet
Declension
Declension of svärta
nominative genitive
singular indefinite svärta svärtas
definite svärtan svärtans
plural indefinite svärtor svärtors
definite svärtorna svärtornas
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Etymology 2

From Old Norse *sverta, from Proto-Germanic *swartijaną.

Verb

svärta (present svärtar, preterite svärtade, supine svärtat, imperative svärta)

  1. to blacken, smear
  2. to besmut
    svärta ner någons rykte
    defame someone ("besmut someone's reputation")
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