nattskift

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From natt +‎ skift.

Noun

nattskift n (definite singular nattskiftet, indefinite plural nattskift, definite plural nattskifta or nattskiftene)

1. night shift (both senses)

References

• “nattskift” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From natt +‎ skift.

Noun

nattskift n (definite singular nattskiftet, indefinite plural nattskift, definite plural nattskifta)

1. night shift (both senses)

References

• “nattskift” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

natt (“night”) +‎ skift (“shift”)

Noun

nattskift n

1. a night shift (both senses)
   • 1998, “Jag ska bli en byråkrat [I will [shall] be a bureaucrat]”, in Lasse Åberg (lyrics), Janne Schaffer (music), Electric Banana Tajm [Electric Banana Time [with jocular Swedification of "time"]]‎^[1], performed by Electric Banana Band:

     Och så, när klockan slår fem, då slutar jag och åker hem. Jag slipper nattskift och jour. Sån vill jag bli när jag blir stor.

     And then, when the clock strikes five, [then] I finish and go home. I don't have to work night shifts and be on call [do not have to deal with night shifts and on-call duty]. I want to be a person like that when I grow up [[a] such [person] I want to become when I become big].

Declension

Declension of nattskift

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	nattskift	nattskifts
	definite	nattskiftet	nattskiftets
plural	indefinite	nattskift	nattskifts
	definite	nattskiften	nattskiftens

See also

• nattjour

References

• nattskift in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• nattskift in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)