swart

Meaning

Adj

black

Noun

black

Etymology

Inherited from Old Frisian: swart

In summary

From Old Frisian swart, swert, from Proto-West Germanic *swart, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz.

Sentences

De nasjonaal kampioene spile mei swart en ferlear ferrassend.

The national champion played with black and surprisingly lost.

De pot ferwyt de tsjettel dat er swart is .

The pot blames the kettle for being black.

Dêr sil ik de lju net swart om oansjen.

I will not look down on people for that.

Ik seach de wjerskyn fan 'e ljochten tsjin it swart fan 'e himel .

I saw the reflection of the lights against the black of the sky.

Yn har kleankast is alles swart , griis of in kombinaasje fan dy twa .

In her wardrobe, everything is black, gray or a combination of the two.

Ik bin net benaud foar de takomst, al sjoch ik it wol swart yn .

I am not afraid of the future, although I do see it as bleak.