zwarte
Dutch
Etymology
From zwart.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzʋɑr.tə/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: zwar‧te
- Rhymes: -ɑrtə
Adjective
zwarte
- inflection of zwart:
- masculine/feminine singular attributive
- definite neuter singular attributive
- plural attributive
Noun
zwarte m or f by sense (plural zwarten, no diminutive)
- 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
- (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
- kleurling
- zwarthemd
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzvar.tɛ/
- Rhymes: -artɛ
- Syllabification: zwar‧te
Adjective
zwarte
- inflection of zwarty:
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
- nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural