dygna
Swedish
FWOTD – 22 December 2018
Etymology
From the noun dygn (“a day and a night”) + -a.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʏŋːˌna/
Verb
dygna (present dygnar, preterite dygnade, supine dygnat, imperative dygna)
- (colloquial) To stay awake for twenty-four hours.
- 2016, Pernilla Gesén, Jennas första (Dagbok för utvalda 1), Massolit Förlagsgrupp, →ISBN:
- Så vad gör man när man dygnar?
- So what do you do when you pull an all-nighter?
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | dygna | — | ||
| supine | dygnat | — | ||
| imperative | dygna | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | dygnen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | dygnar | dygnade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | dygna | dygnade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | dygne | dygnade | — | — |
| present participle | dygnande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Further reading
- dygna in Svensk ordbok.