svartsyn
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]svartsyn c
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | svartsyn | svartsyns |
| definite | svartsynen | svartsynens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |