Timme

Timme is the Swedish word for a unit of time equal to one hour. It is used in everyday speech and in formal timekeeping. The indefinite singular is timme, the plural is timmar, and the definite singular is timmen. The definite plural form is timmarna. In phrases, timme appears in expressions such as “en timme” (one hour) and “två timmar” (two hours). The phrase “per timme” is used to indicate an hourly rate or measurement.

Timme is part of a family of Germanic time terms; the word derives from Old Norse tími and is cognate with similar forms in neighboring languages, such as Danish time and Norwegian time.

In daily use, other related time terms include halvtimme (half an hour) and kvart (quarter of an hour). The unit shorter than an hour is the minute, “minut” in Swedish, and the second, “sekund.” In modern timekeeping, timme is used alongside minutes and seconds on clocks and in schedules, and appears in contexts ranging from travel timetables to work-hour calculations.