natt

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Aasen¹	Natt²	Natti²	Næter	Næterna
1901			næter (nætar)	næterne (nætane)
1917		natta, natti	næter [netter]	nætene³, næterne [nettene, netterne]
1938		natta [natti]	netter	nettene
2012 (current)	natt	natta	netter	nettene

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. ¹Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. ²Aasen only lists Natt in his dictionary (1850), but both Natt and Naatt in his grammar (1864). ³Form was allowed for schoolchildren already in 1910.

Derived terms edit

References edit

“natt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish nāt, from Old Norse nátt, from Proto-Germanic *nahts (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /natː/
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Noun edit

natt c

night
Det är natt
It is night

Det är som natt och dag
It is like night and day (idiomatic)
- (Can we date this quote?), traditional (lyrics and music), “En kulen natt [One chilly night]”:
  En kulen natt, natt, natt, min båt jag styrde, på havets vågade, vågade, våg, så skummet yrde. Och vart [än] jag sågade, sågade, såg, på havets vågade, vågade, våg, långt ner i djupettipettipettipett [djupet], en fisk jag såg, och det var du!
  One chilly night, night, night, my boat I steered, on the sea's wave-a-di [also literally "wave-ed" or "daring" (plural or definite)], wave-a-di, wave, so that the foam sprayed [whirled, spun through the air]. And wherever I look-a-di [also literally "sawed," as with a saw], look-a-di, looked, on the sea's wave-a-di, wave-a-di, wave [Cryptic – intuitively either "And where I looked ..." or "And wherever I looked ..." (where the latter usually has än, but works intuitively without it), with the sentence ending here, but that makes little sense. "And there I saw ..." would make more sense as well.], far down in the depths-deppy-deppy-deppy-dep, a fish I saw, and it was you!
- 1981, Åke Eriksson, Björn Uhr (lyrics and music), “Ooa hela natten [Ooh the whole night]”, performed by Attack:
  För jag ska ooa hela natten, ooa hela dan [dagen]. Ooa hela natten, skrämma slag på halva stan [staden]. Ooa hela natten lång, tills du upptäcker mig. Ao ao-ao-ao.
  Because I'm going to ooh [no specific meaning in Swedish either] the whole night, ooh the whole day, ooh the whole night, scare the bejesus [or "hell/shit," but not vulgar – literally "scare stroke," as in make have a stroke] out of half the city. Ooh the whole night long, until you notice [discover] me. Ah-ooh ah-ooh-ah-ooh-ah-ooh.
1. nights
  Jag arbetar natt
  I work nights

Usage notes edit

The Swedish word natt is primarily used for the period of sleep, while the period for "nightlife" (have dinner with us tonight) is typically called afton or kväll (“evening”).

Declension edit

Declension of natt
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	natt	natten	nätter	nätterna
Genitive	natts	nattens	nätters	nätternas

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