timme

• timma

From Old Swedish tīme, from Old Norse tími, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Germanic *tī-, from Proto-Indo-European *dī- (“time”).

• IPA^(key): /²tɪmɛ/

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timme c

1. an hour (time period of sixty minutes)
   • 1915, Dan Andersson, “Jag väntar...”, in Kolvaktarens visor:

     Jag väntar vid min mila medan timmarna lida

     I'm tending my charcoal stack while the hours go by

2. an hour (of the day)

   i denna sena timme

   at this late hour

3. a lesson, a class (in school)

   nästa timme har vi matte

   next class is math

• håltimme
• timpenning

• timme in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• timme in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• timme in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)