lugn

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish lugn or lygn (“calm lake surface”), from Old Norse lygn. Compare Norwegian logn (“calm (without wind)”), and Icelandic lón (“calm water”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɵŋn/
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Adjective

lugn (comparative lugnare, superlative lugnast)

  1. calm, tranquil (of a person, weather, mood, situation, etc.)
    • 1982, Adolphson & Falk (lyrics and music), “Mer jul [More Christmas]”, in Eldorado. Stjärnornas musik. [Eldorado. The music of the stars.]‎:
      Jag är en lugn person med takt och ton. Måttfull och balanserad. Jag är tyst och still och det ska mycket till, innan jag blir exalterad. Men jag har en last som håller mig fast, i ett järngrepp varje vinter. När året är slut och snön ligger djup, och slädarnas medar slinter.
      I am a peaceful person, with tact and tone . Moderate and balanced. I am quiet and still and it will take a lot, before I get excited. But I have a vice that seizes me in an iron grip every winter. When the year is over and the snow lies deep, and the sleighs' runners slip.
  2. (colloquial, in some expressions) no worries
    – Förlåt att jag förstörde vasen! – Äh, det är lugnt.
    – Sorry I broke your vase! – Eh, no worries. (literally, "Eh, it is calm.")
    – Tack för att du hjälpte till! – Lugnt!
    – Thanks for helping out! – No worries! / Sure thing! (literally, "Calm!")

Declension

Inflection of lugn
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular lugn lugnare lugnast
Neuter singular lugnt lugnare lugnast
Plural lugna lugnare lugnast
Masculine plural3 lugne lugnare lugnast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 lugne lugnare lugnaste
All lugna lugnare lugnaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Noun

lugn n

  1. calmness
    lugnet före stormen
    the calm before the storm (idiomatic)

Declension

Declension of lugn 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative lugn lugnet — —
Genitive lugns lugnets — —

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