No. 941 in Danish
sorte
"Sorte" in Danish means "black" (plural or definite form) or "to sort".
In a sentence
Katten har sorte pletter på sin pels.
The cat has black spots on its fur.
Descriptive adjective used to denote the color 'black' for 'spots'.
Vi har vænnet os til de lange, sorte nætter om vinteren.
We have gotten accustomed to the long, black nights of winter.
Descriptive adjective describing 'nights' as dark or black, metaphorical for darkness.
Hun havde gemt historien i de sorte kapitler af sin dagbog.
She had hidden the story in the black chapters of her diary.
'Sorte' metaphorically indicates something mysterious or somber in this context.
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