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

Descendants
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: vargtime

References
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