schwarz

From Middle High German swarz, from Old High German swarz, from Proto-West Germanic *swart, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swerd- (“dirty, dark, black”).

Compare Dutch zwart, English swart and swarthy, West Frisian swart, Danish sort.

• IPA^(key): /ʃvarts/, [ʃʋaʁts], [ʃʋaɐ̯ts], [ʃʋaːts], [ʃʋaχts]

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schwarz (strong nominative masculine singular schwarzer, comparative schwärzer or schwarzer, superlative am schwärzesten or am schwarzesten)

1. black, reflecting little or no light
2. (figurative) illegal
3. black, having a high amount of melanin in an organ, e.g. the skin
4. (politics, Germany, relational) of the CDU or CSU (large center-right Christian Democratic parties, whose associated colour is black)
5. (of coffee) without milk
6. (trick-taking card games) not having won any trick (or only tricks with zero points)
7. (relational) Goth (of Goth music or culture, called schwarze Szene (“black scene”) in German)

• Schwarzarbeit f
• Schwarzarbeiter m
• Schwärze f
• Schwarzer m
• Schwarzfahrer m
• schwarzsehen
• Schwarzseher m

• schwatt

• “schwarz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “schwarz” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “schwarz” in Duden online

• xwats (Wiesemann spelling system)

From Middle High German swarz, from Old High German swarz, from Proto-West Germanic *swart, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃvat͡s/

schwarz (comparative schwerzer, superlative schwerzest)

1. black

   Ich hon en schwarze Katz.

   I have a black cat.

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Middle High German swarz, from Old High German swarz, from Proto-West Germanic *swart, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swordo- (“dirty, dark, black”). Compare German schwarz, Dutch zwart, English swart.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃʋaɐ̯t͡s/

schwarz

1. black