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svartsjuk

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Compound of svart (black) +‎ sjuk (sick, ill), a reference to bära svarta strumpor (to be jealous, literally to wear black stockings).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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svartsjuk (comparative svartsjukare, superlative svartsjukast)

  1. (romantically) jealous
    Synonyms: (colloquial) sotis, (colloquial) svartis

Usage notes

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Usually of romantic jealousy (like being (overly) worried about infidelity). More rarely of other kinds of jealousy that involve feeling that one is getting less attention than desired from the other person.

Declension

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Inflection of svartsjuk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular svartsjuk svartsjukare svartsjukast
neuter singular svartsjukt svartsjukare svartsjukast
plural svartsjuka svartsjukare svartsjukast
masculine plural2 svartsjuke svartsjukare svartsjukast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 svartsjuke svartsjukare svartsjukaste
all svartsjuka svartsjukare svartsjukaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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