midnatt

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From mid- +‎ natt.

Noun

midnatt m or f (definite singular midnatta or midnatten)

  1. midnight

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From mid- +‎ natt.

Noun

midnatt f (definite singular midnatta)

  1. midnight

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Swedish

Etymology

mid- +‎ natt

Noun

midnatt c

  1. 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

Declension of midnatt
nominative genitive
singular indefinite midnatt midnatts
definite midnatten midnattens
plural indefinite midnätter midnätters
definite midnätterna midnätternas

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