Meaning of shvartze | Babel Free
/ˈʃvɑɹtsə/Definitions
A person of sub-Saharan African descent; a black person.
Jewish, US, ethnic, offensive, slur
Examples
“[…] she irons better even than the schvartze,”
“1975, Robert Greenfield, The Spiritual Supermarket, New York: Saturday Review Press / E. P. Dutton & Co., p. 6, From the rabbi to the “shvartze,” the black man who turned on the synagogue’s lights on Saturdays, he was liked.”
“1988, Leon Uris, Mitla Pass, New York: Doubleday, Part 3, “Baltimore 1902-1913,” p. 270, […] they were able to afford a full-time shvartze to keep the house.”
“Jesse Jackson cracks a joke about Hymietown and everybody has a fit, but I’ve heard you call them shvartzes, and I’ll bet had your daughter married one you wouldn’t have cracked open a bottle of champagne.”
“‘We don’t have enough problems among the Jews, he has to go take on the problems of the shvartze?’”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.