schwarz
Meaning
- black, reflecting little or no light
- (figuratively) illegal
- black, having a high amount of melanin in an organ, e.g. the skin
- (Germany,relational) of the CDU or CSU (large center-right Christian Democratic parties, whose associated colour is black)
- without milk
- not having won any trick (or only tricks with zero points)
- (relational) Goth (of Goth music or culture, called schwarze Szene (“black scene”) in German)
Concepts
Synonyms
ordnungswidrig
nicht erlaubt
schwartz
ſchwarz
Farb-
schwarzhäutig
[ʃvarts]
unautorisiert
ungenehmigt
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃvarts/
Etymology
In summary
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.
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