betänketid
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]betänka (“consider”) + -e- + tid (“time”)
Noun
[edit]betänketid c
- (limited) time to think (before giving an answer or making a decision or the like), thinking time, deliberation time
- Betänketiden är över. Nu får jag be om ett svar från de tävlande.
- The [thinking] time is up. Now I have to ask the contestants to give their answers [ask for an answer from the contestants].
- Jag lade fram erbjudandet och gav dom en veckas betänketid
- I presented the offer and gave them a week to think about it [a week's thinking time]
Declension
[edit]Declension of betänketid