betänketid
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
betänka (“consider”) + -e- + tid (“time”)
Noun edit
betänketid c
- (limited) time to think (before giving an answer or making a decision or the like), thinking time, deliberation time
- Betänketiden är över. Nu får jag be om ett svar från de tävlande.
- The [thinking] time is up. Now I have to ask the contestants to give their answers [ask for an answer from the contestants].
- Jag lade fram erbjudandet och gav dom en veckas betänketid
- I presented the offer and gave them a week to think about it [a week's thinking time]
Declension edit
| Declension of betänketid | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | betänketid | betänketiden | betänketider | betänketiderna |
| Genitive | betänketids | betänketidens | betänketiders | betänketidernas |