svartsjuka

Swedish

Etymology 1

svart +‎ sjuka; see svartsjuk

Noun

svartsjuka c

  1. (romantic) jealousness, jealousy
Usage notes

Usually of romantic jealousy (like being (overly) worried about infidelity). More rarely of other kinds of jealousy that involve less attention being given towards oneself.

Declension
Declension of svartsjuka
nominative genitive
singular indefinite svartsjuka svartsjukas
definite svartsjukan svartsjukans
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

svartsjuka

  1. inflection of svartsjuk:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

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