Black Forest

See also: black forest

English

Etymology

Calque of German Schwarzwald.

Proper noun

the Black Forest

1. A large forest and mountain range in southwestern Germany.

Derived terms

• Black Forest cake
• Black Forest gâteau
• Black Forest ham
• Black Forest horse
• Black Forest trifle

 

Translations

German forest and mountain range

• Afrikaans: Swartwoud
• Albanian: Shvarcvalldi m
• Arabic: الْغَابَة السَّوْدَاء f (al-ḡāba(t) as-sawdāʔ)
• Armenian: Շվարցվալդ (Švarcʻvald)
• Asturian: Selva Prieta f
• Basque: Oihan Beltza
• Breton: C'hoad Du m, Schwarzwald m
• Catalan: Selva Negra f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑森林 (zh) (Hēi Sēnlín), 黑林山 (zh) (Hēilínshān)

• Czech: Černý les m
• Danish: Schwarzwald c
• Dutch: Zwarte Woud n
• Esperanto: Nigra Arbaro
• Estonian: Schwarzwald (et), Mustmets
• Finnish: Schwarzwald, Schwartzwald
• French: Forêt-Noire (fr) f, Forêt Noire (fr) f
• Georgian: შვარცვალდი (švarcvaldi)
• German: Schwarzwald (de) m

  Alemannic German: Schwarzwald m

• Greek: Μέλας Δρυμός (el) m (Mélas Drymós)
• Hebrew: הַיַעַר הָשָׁחֹר m (ha-yá'ar ha-Shakhór)
• Hindi: ब्लैक फॉरेस्ट m (blaik phŏresṭ)
• Hungarian: Fekete-erdő (hu)
• Icelandic: Svartiskógur m, Myrkviður m
• Indonesian: Hutan Hitam
• Irish: an Fhoraois Dhubh f
• Italian: Foresta Nera (it) f, Selva Nera f
• Japanese: シュヴァルツヴァルト (Shuvarutsuvaruto)
• Korean: 슈바르츠발트 (Syubareucheubalteu)
• Latin: Nigra silva f
• Latvian: Švarcvalde f
• Limburgish: Zwarsbósj m, Zwart Waadj m
• Lithuanian: Švarcvaldas m
• Lombard: Foresta Negra f
• Luxembourgish: Schwarzwald (lb) m
• Macedonian: Шва́рцвалд m (Švárcvald)
• Malayalam: ബ്ലാക്ക് ഫോറസ്റ്റ് (blākkŭ phōṟasṟṟŭ)
• Marathi: श्वार्त्सवाल्ड n (śvārtsavālḍa)
• Norman: Néthe Forêt f (Jersey)
• Persian: جنگل سیاه (jangal siyâh)
• Polish: Czarny Las m, Schwarzwald (pl) m
• Portuguese: Floresta Negra f
• Punjabi: ਕਾਲਾ ਜੰਗਲ m (kālā jaṅgal)
• Romanian: Pădurea Neagră f
• Russian: Шва́рцвальд m (Švárcvalʹd)
• Saterland Frisian: Swootwoold m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Шварцвалд m

  Roman: Schwarzwald m

• Slovak: Čierny les m, Schwarzwald m
• Slovene: Črni gozd m, Schwarzwald m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Carne góry f pl

• Spanish: Selva Negra f
• Swahili: Msitu Mweusi class m/mi
• Tajik: ^{(please verify)} Ҷангал сиёҳ (Jangal siyoh)
• Turkish: Kara Orman (tr)
• Turkmen: Şwarswald
• Ukrainian: Чо́рний ліс (uk) m (Čórnyj lis), Шва́рцвальд m (Švárcvalʹd)
• Urdu: سیاہ جنگل m (siyāh jaṅgal)
• Vietnamese: Rừng Đen
• Waray-Waray: Kagurangan nga Itom
• Welsh: Fforest Ddu f
• West Frisian: Swarte Wâld m
• Western Panjabi: کالا جنگل (pnb) m (kālā jaṅgal)
• Yakut: Шварцвальт (Shvartsvalt)

Noun

Black Forest

1. (of food, attributive) A style of confectionery that is a combination of dark chocolate, cream, and cherries.

   Alternative form: black forest

   • 1995, Heloise [Cruse Evans], Hints for All Occasions, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Corporation, →ISBN, page 303:

     One reader combines equal parts of cherry pie filling and chocolate pudding for a quick dessert—a sort of Black Forest pudding or parfait.

   • 2012, Lisa Plumley, Together for Christmas, New York, N.Y.: Zebra Books, →ISBN, page 246:

     So was perspective, Kristen learned as she entered her kitchen and found Casey sitting at her built-in peninsula, chowing through a mini mason jar full of chocolate-cherry Black Forest pie with mocha whipped cream and bittersweet chocolate shavings and almond brittle.

   • 2014, Sarina Bowen, Rebecca Avery, Amy Jo Cousins, Denise McDonald, Harlequin E Contemporary Romance Box Set‎^[1], volume 1, Toronto, Ont.: Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBN:

     She squeezed out a lump of whipped cream frosting onto two of the last batch of Black Forest cupcakes when a throat cleared in the front and startled her.

   • 2019, Marc Di Duca, Anthony Ham, Catherine Le Nevez, Ali Lemer, Hugh McNaughtan, Leonid Ragozin, Andrea Schulte-Peevers, Benedict Walker, Kerry Christiani, Germany‎^[2], 9th edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN:

     Opened in 2018 in the ruined castle Burg Landshut, this state-of-the-art restaurant is worth the steep climb (or shuttle-bus ride) for modern German cuisine such as sauerkraut and blood-sausage soup, and pike-perch with bacon and cabbage mash, topped off by desserts like Black Forest mousse with berry coulis and Riesling sorbet with poached local peaches.

Further reading

• Black Forest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia