timme
See also: Timme
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
timme c
- an hour (time period of sixty minutes)
- 1915, Dan Andersson, "Jag väntar...", Kolvaktarens visor
- Jag väntar vid min mila medan timmarna lida
- I'm tending my charcoal stack while the hours go by
- Jag väntar vid min mila medan timmarna lida
- 1915, Dan Andersson, "Jag väntar...", Kolvaktarens visor
- an hour, a time of day
- i denna sena timme
- this late
- i denna sena timme
- an hour, a lesson, a class, a lecture, a period (in school, an item in the daily schedule)
- nästa timme har vi matte
- next hour is math
- nästa timme har vi matte
Declension
Declension of timme | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | timme | timmen | timmar | timmarna |
Genitive | timmes | timmens | timmars | timmarnas |
Related terms
Further reading
- timme in Svensk ordbok.
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