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 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative svartsjuka svartsjukan — —
Genitive svartsjukas svartsjukans — —

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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