dygn
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish dygn, dyghn, døgn, døghn, from Old Norse dœgn, from Proto-Germanic *dōgin-, alternative form of *dōg-. Cognate with Danish døgn, Norwegian Bokmål døgn and Norwegian Nynorsk døgn. See also Old Norse dœgr, Norwegian Nynorsk døger and Icelandic dægur.
Noun
dygn n
- day, nychthemeron (24 hours)
- day (specifically, the 24 hour period from midnight to the following midnight)
Declension
| Declension of dygn | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | dygn | dygnet | dygn | dygnen |
| Genitive | dygns | dygnets | dygns | dygnens |
Derived terms
- dygna
See also
- dag
References
- dygn in Project Runeberg
- dygn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.