midnatt
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Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]midnatt m or f (definite singular midnatta or midnatten)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “midnatt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]midnatt f (definite singular midnatta)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “midnatt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]midnatt c
- midnight ((around) 12 o'clock at night (or the middle of the night, more loosely))
- 1898, “Tomtarnas julnatt (Midnatt råder) [The gnomes' [see tomte] Christmas night (It is midnight [Midnight reigns])]”, Alfred Smedberg (lyrics), Vilhelm Sefve-Svensson (music)[1]:
- Midnatt råder, tyst det är i husen. Tyst i husen. Alla sova [old present tense plural form, now "sover" – the present tense plural used to be identical to the infinitive for all verbs except vara (“be”)], släckta äro [old plural form] ljusen. Äro ljusen. Tipp tapp, tipp tapp, tippe tippe tipp tapp. Tipp, tipp, tapp.
- It it midnight [midnight reigns], it is quiet in the houses. Quiet in the houses. Everyone is asleep, the lights are out [put out / turned off are the lights]. Are the lights. Tip tap, tip tap, tippy tippy tip tap. Tip, tip, tap. [tiptoeing sounds]
Declension
[edit]Declension of midnatt
References
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with mid-
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with mid-
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- Swedish terms prefixed with mid-
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms with quotations