svartsjuk

== Swedish == === Etymology === Compound of svart (“black”) +‎ sjuk (“sick, ill”), a reference to bära svarta strumpor (“to be jealous”, literally “to wear black stockings”). === Pronunciation === === Adjective === svartsjuk (comparative svartsjukare, superlative svartsjukast) (romantically) jealous Synonyms: (colloquial) sotis, (colloquial) svartis ==== Usage notes ==== 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== svartsjuka ==== See also ==== avund avundsjuk avundsjuka === References === “svartsjuk”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “svartsjuk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “svartsjuk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) svartsjuk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)