vargtimme

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Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of varg (wolf) +‎ timme (hour). Coined by Ingmar Bergman for the 1968 film Hour of the Wolf.

Pronunciation

Noun

vargtimme c

  1. an hour before dawn during which one is said to be most receptive to nightmares and crises
    • 1984, Johan Asplund, Ett ostämt piano är hemskt, page 51:
      Det har ljusnat utanför, vargtimmen är strax över.
      It has become bright outside, the wolf-hour (hour before dawn) is almost over.

comparable to the witching hour.

Declension

Declension of vargtimme
nominative genitive
singular indefinite vargtimme vargtimmes
definite vargtimmen vargtimmens
plural indefinite vargtimmar vargtimmars
definite vargtimmarna vargtimmarnas

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: vargtime

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