svartsyn

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Swedish

Etymology

Compound of svart (black) +‎ syn (view). Apparently a calque of Danish sortsyn, coined by Danish critic Georg Brandes in 1895. First attested in 1908.

Noun

svartsyn c

  1. pessimism

Declension

Declension of svartsyn 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative svartsyn svartsynen
Genitive svartsyns svartsynens

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