evighet

From evig +‎ -het.

evighet f or m (definite singular evigheta or evigheten, indefinite plural evigheter, definite plural evighetene)

1. eternity

• æve (Nynorsk)

• “evighet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Swedish ävighet, equivalent to evig +‎ -het

evighet c

1. eternity; all senses of the word

   Det kommer ta en evighet

   It will take forever [hyperbolic, idiomatic]

   • 1991, Eva Dahlgren, “Vem tänder stjärnorna? [Who lights the stars?]”, in En blekt blondins hjärta [The Heart of a Bleached Blonde]‎^[1]:

     Det var evighetssekunder. Tre korta andetag. Hela livet vände. Vem valde? Inte jag. Jag hörde ord från mina läppar som aldrig vilat i min mun. Tankar aldrig tänkta, som nya väggar i ett rum.

     It was seconds of eternity. Three short breaths. My whole life ["the whole life" – Swedish often prefers to express possession by putting a noun in the definite instead of with a separate possessive pronoun] turned around. Who chose? Not me. I heard words from my lips that had [implied from vilat (“rested”) being supine] never rested in my mouth. Thoughts never thought, like new walls in a room.

• evighet in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker