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

1. day, nychthemeron (24 hours)
2. 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 (SAOB)