zwarte

Dutch

Etymology

From zwart.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzʋɑr.tə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: zwar‧te
  • Rhymes: -ɑrtə

Adjective

zwarte

  1. inflection of zwart:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Noun

zwarte m or f by sense (plural zwarten, no diminutive)

  1. a black person, especially a (sub-Saharan) African
    • 1960, Corly Verlooghen, “Een Creool in Holland [A Creole in the Netherlands]”, in Kans op onweer [Chance of thunderstorms]‎[1], Paramaribo: Drukkerij Srenang, page 37:
      Ik liep voorbij / toen uit het raam / moeder kaik een zwarte / ik met hetzelfde recht / dag blanke
      I walked past / when out of the window / mother lookit a black one / me by the same token / hello white one
  2. (history, Belgium) a (fascist) collaborator with the Nazis during World War II, member of the Dietsche Militie - Zwarte Brigade; by extension, a neo-nazi

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of black person): blanke

See also

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzvar.tɛ/
  • Rhymes: -artɛ
  • Syllabification: zwar‧te

Adjective

zwarte

  1. inflection of zwarty:
    1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
    2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural