vargtimme
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Compound of varg (“wolf”) + timme (“hour”). Coined by Ingmar Bergman for the 1968 film Hour of the Wolf.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vargtimme c
- an hour before dawn during which one is said to be most receptive to 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.
comparable to the witching hour.
Declension edit
| Declension of vargtimme | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | vargtimme | vargtimmen | vargtimmar | vargtimmarna |
| Genitive | vargtimmes | vargtimmens | vargtimmars | vargtimmarnas |
Descendants edit
- → Norwegian Bokmål: vargtime