middagstid

Swedish

Etymology

middag (“midday, dinner”) +‎ -s- +‎ tid (“time”)

Noun

middagstid c

  1. at (around) noon
    Synonyms: middag, mitt på dagen, klockan tolv, tolvtiden, tolvsnåret
    Vi kommer dit framåt middagstid
    We'll get there around noon ("towards noon")
    De brukar dyka upp varje dag vid middagstid
    They usually show up each day around noon
  2. when dinner (middag) is eaten, dinner time
    Vi har ingen fast middagstid
    We don't have a fixed dinner time

Usage notes

Dinner also being called middag seems to have led to some confusion in modern times, when dinner is usually eaten later in the day. The dinner time sense only appears in SAOB, but seems fairly common in practice. See also the discussion page on Swedish Wiktionary. Likely to be clear from context.

Declension

Declension of middagstid
nominative genitive
singular indefinite middagstid middagstids
definite middagstiden middagstidens
plural indefinite middagstider middagstiders
definite middagstiderna middagstidernas

References

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