dygn

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dygn, dyghn, døgn, døghn, from Old Norse dœgn, from Proto-Germanic *dōgin-, alternative form of *dōg-. Cognate with Danish døgn, Norwegian Bokmål døgn and Norwegian Nynorsk døgn. See also Old Norse dœgr, Norwegian Nynorsk døger and Icelandic dægur.

Noun

dygn n

  1. day, nychthemeron (24 hours)
  2. day (specifically, the 24 hour period from midnight to the following midnight)

Declension
Declension of dygn 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative dygn dygnet dygn dygnen
Genitive dygns dygnets dygns dygnens

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