timme

• timma

From Old Swedish tīme, from Old Norse tími, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Germanic *tī-, from Proto-Indo-European *dī- (“time”).

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timme c

1. an hour (time period of sixty minutes)
   • 1915, Dan Andersson, “Jag väntar...”, in Kolvaktarens visor:

     Jag väntar vid min mila medan timmarna lida

     I'm tending my charcoal stack while the hours go by

2. an hour, a time of day

   i denna sena timme

   this late

3. a lesson, a class, a lecture, a period (in school, an item in the daily schedule)

   nästa timme har vi matte

   next class is math

• timpenning

• timme in Svensk ordbok.