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middag.

midday, noon

6 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmɪda//ˈmɪdɑːɡ/

  1. midday, noon

    common-gender

  2. dinner

    common-gender
    – Vad blir det till middag? – (Det blir) kålpudding.
    Vad åt du till middag?

  3. lunch

    common-gender · dated · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish miþdagher, midhdagher, Old Norse miðdagr, miðr dagr, from miðr (“middle”) + dagr (“day”). By surface analysis, mid- + dag (“day”). Middag originally referred to the biggest meal of the day, which was eaten at noon, hence the name, and the meal eaten in the evening was kvällsmat or kvällsvard. After the Industrial Revolution, the time of the main meal of the day shifted to the evening, after work hours, and the word lunch was borrowed from English to denote the meal eaten around noon. Kvällsmat now commonly refers to a lighter supper (like sandwiches).

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