dygn

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), dyghn, døgn, døghn, from Old Norse dœgn, from Proto-Germanic *dōgin-, alternative form of *dōg-. Cognate with Danish døgn, Norwegian Bokmål døgn and Norwegian Nynorsk døgn. See also Old Norse dœgr, Norwegian Nynorsk døger and Icelandic dægur.

• IPA^(key): /dʏŋn/

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dygn n

1. day, nychthemeron (24 hours)
2. day (specifically, the 24 hour period from midnight to the following midnight)

• The difference between dag (“day”) and Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Imagine it is around 3 o'clock on a Monday; if someone says:
  • "Om 4 dagar är jag på stranden" ("In 4 days I am on the beach"), meaning that they will be on the beach on Friday.
  • "Om 4 dygn är jag på stranden" ("In 4 days I am on the beach"), meaning that they will be on the beach around 3 o'clock on Friday.

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• dag

• dygn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• dygn in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)