This is the 941st most frequent Danish word.
sorte
"Sorte" in Danish means "black" (plural or definite form) or "to sort".
Descriptive adjective used to denote the color 'black' for 'spots'.
Katten har sorte pletter på sin pels.
The cat has black spots on its fur.
Descriptive adjective describing 'nights' as dark or black, metaphorical for darkness.
Vi har vænnet os til de lange, sorte nætter om vinteren.
We have gotten accustomed to the long, black nights of winter.
'Sorte' metaphorically indicates something mysterious or somber in this context.