lugn
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish lugn or lygn (“calm lake surface”), from Old Norse lygn. Compare Norwegian logn (“calm (without wind)”), and Icelandic lón (“calm water”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editlugn (comparative lugnare, superlative lugnast)
- calm, tranquil (of a person, weather, mood, situation, etc.)
- 1982, Adolphson & Falk (lyrics and music), “Mer jul”, in Eldorado. Stjärnornas musik. [compilation album][1]:
- Jag är en lugn person med takt och ton. Måttfull och balanserad. Jag är tyst och still och det ska mycket till, innan jag blir exalterad. Men jag har en last som håller mig fast, i ett järngrepp varje vinter. När året är slut och snön ligger djup, och slädarnas medar slinter.
- I am a peaceful [calm] person, with tact and tone [tactful, well-mannered – idiomatic]. Moderate and balanced. I am quiet and still and it will take a lot, before I get excited. But I have a vice [bad habit] that seizes me [holds me fast (fixed)] in an iron grip every winter. When the year is over and the snow lies deep, and the sleighs' runners slip.
- (colloquial, in some expressions) no worries
- – Förlåt att jag förstörde vasen! – Äh, det är lugnt.
- – Sorry I broke your vase! – Eh, no worries. (literally, "Eh, it is calm.")
- – Tack för att du hjälpte till! – Lugnt!
- – Thanks for helping out! – No worries! / Sure thing! (literally, "Calm!")
Declension
editInflection of lugn | |||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | lugn | lugnare | lugnast |
Neuter singular | lugnt | lugnare | lugnast |
Plural | lugna | lugnare | lugnast |
Masculine plural3 | lugne | lugnare | lugnast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | lugne | lugnare | lugnaste |
All | lugna | lugnare | lugnaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Noun
editlugn n
- calmness
- lugnet före stormen
- the calm before the storm (idiomatic)
Declension
editDeclension of lugn
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | lugn | lugns |
definite | lugnet | lugnets | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
References
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