middagstid

Swedish

Etymology

middag (“midday, dinner”) +‎ -s- +‎ tid (“time”)

Noun

middagstid c

1. at (around) noon

   Synonyms: middag, mitt på dagen, klockan tolv, tolvtiden, tolvsnåret

   Vi kommer dit framåt middagstid

   We'll get there around noon ("towards noon")

   De brukar dyka upp varje dag vid middagstid

   They usually show up each day around noon

2. when dinner (middag) is eaten, dinner time

   Vi har ingen fast middagstid

   We don't have a fixed dinner time

Usage notes

Dinner also being called middag seems to have led to some confusion in modern times, when dinner is usually eaten later in the day. The dinner time sense only appears in SAOB, but seems fairly common in practice. See also the discussion page on Swedish Wiktionary. Likely to be clear from context.

Declension

Declension of middagstid

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	middagstid	middagstids
	definite	middagstiden	middagstidens
plural	indefinite	middagstider	middagstiders
	definite	middagstiderna	middagstidernas

References

• middagstid in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• middagstid in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)