svartsjuka

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

svart +‎ sjuka; see svartsjuk

Noun[edit]

svartsjuka c

  1. (romantic) jealousness, jealousy
Usage notes[edit]

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[edit]
Declension of svartsjuka 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative svartsjuka svartsjukan
Genitive svartsjukas svartsjukans

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective[edit]

svartsjuka

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

Further reading[edit]