vargtimme

Swedish
FWOTD – 23 May 2021

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of varg (“wolf”) +‎ timme (“hour”). Coined by Ingmar Bergman for the 1968 film Hour of the Wolf.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²varjˌtɪme/

Noun

vargtimme c

  1. an hour before dawn during which one is said to be most receptive for nightmares and crises
    • 1984, Johan Asplund, Ett ostämt piano är hemskt, page 51:
      Det har ljusnat utanför, vargtimmen är strax över.
      It has become bright outside, the wolf-hour (hour before dawn) is almost over.

Declension
Declension of vargtimme 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vargtimme vargtimmen vargtimmar vargtimmarna
Genitive vargtimmes vargtimmens vargtimmars vargtimmarnas

Descendants
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: vargtime

References
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.