timme
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Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Swedish tīme, from Old Norse tími, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Germanic *tī-, from Proto-Indo-European *dī- (“time”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
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- an hour (time period of sixty minutes)
- 1915, Dan Andersson, “Jag väntar...”, in Kolvaktarens visor:
- Jag väntar vid min mila medan timmarna lida
- I'm tending my charcoal stack while the hours go by
- an hour (of the day)
- i denna sena timme
- at this late hour
- a lesson, a class (in school)
- nästa timme har vi matte
- next class is math
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | timme | timmes |
| definite | timmen | timmens | |
| plural | indefinite | timmar | timmars |
| definite | timmarna | timmarnas |