spöktimme

Swedish

Etymology

spöke (“ghost”) +‎ timme (“hour”)

Noun

spöktimme c

  1. (chiefly in definite form) The hour after midnight (12 a.m. to 1 a.m.), when ghosts are said to be active, witching hour
    Det spökar som mest under spöktimmen
    Ghosts are most active during the witching hour / Ghostly activity is at its highest during the witching hour
    (literally, “It ghosts the most [is the most ghostly activity] during the ghost hour [witching hour]”)

Declension

Declension of spöktimme
nominative genitive
singular indefinite spöktimme spöktimmes
definite spöktimmen spöktimmens
plural indefinite spöktimmar spöktimmars
definite spöktimmarna spöktimmarnas

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