midnatt
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
midnatt m or f (definite singular midnatta or midnatten)
Derived terms
References
- “midnatt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
midnatt f (definite singular midnatta)
Derived terms
References
- “midnatt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
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
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | midnatt | midnatts |
definite | midnatten | midnattens | |
plural | indefinite | midnätter | midnätters |
definite | midnätterna | midnätternas |