tiefschwarz
German, adjective[ˈtiːfˌʃvaʁt͡s]
tiefschwarz is spelled T-I-E-F-S-C-H-W-A-R-Z (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 80,178th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tiefschwarz is a German adjective meaning “ebony (colour), deep / inky black” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einem sehr intensiven Schwarz”.
What does tiefschwarz mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ebony (colour), deep / inky black
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in einem sehr intensiven Schwarz 2. sehr böse, düster, unheilvoll 3. streng katholisch 4. von schwarzem Humor geprägt, diesen nutzend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tiefschwarz
- tiefschwarzer masculine nominative singular
- tiefschwarze feminine nominative singular
- tiefschwarzes neuter nominative singular
- tiefschwarzen genitive masculine singular
- tiefschwarzem dative masculine singular
- der tiefschwarze definite includes-article masculine
- die tiefschwarze definite feminine includes-article
- das tiefschwarze definite includes-article neuter
- die tiefschwarzen definite includes-article nominative
- des tiefschwarzen definite genitive includes-article
- der tiefschwarzen definite feminine genitive
- dem tiefschwarzen dative definite includes-article
- den tiefschwarzen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tiefschwarz?
- [ˈtiːfˌʃvaʁt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tiefschwarz in German?
tiefschwarz appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).