nattskift
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
nattskift n (definite singular nattskiftet, indefinite plural nattskift, definite plural nattskifta or nattskiftene)
- night shift (both senses)
References edit
- “nattskift” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
nattskift n (definite singular nattskiftet, indefinite plural nattskift, definite plural nattskifta)
- night shift (both senses)
References edit
- “nattskift” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
natt (“night”) + skift (“shift”)
Noun edit
nattskift n
- a night shift (both senses)
- 1998, “Jag ska bli en byråkrat [I will [shall] be a bureaucrat]”, in Lasse Åberg (lyrics), Janne Schaffer (music), Electric Banana Tajm [Electric Banana Time [with jocular Swedification of "time"]], performed by Electric Banana Band:
- Och så, när klockan slår fem, då slutar jag och åker hem. Jag slipper nattskift och jour. Sån vill jag bli när jag blir stor.
- And then, when the clock strikes five, [then] I finish and go home. I don't have to work night shifts and be on call [do not have to deal with night shifts and on-call duty]. I want to be a person like that when I grow up [[a] such [person] I want to become when I become big].
Declension edit
| Declension of nattskift | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | nattskift | nattskiftet | nattskift | nattskiften |
| Genitive | nattskifts | nattskiftets | nattskifts | nattskiftens |