dagar

Dagar is the Swedish plural noun meaning days, the units of time that extend from one midnight to the next. In ordinary usage it refers to any number of days and is used when counting durations or indicating points in time.

The word originates in Old Norse dagr, from the Proto-Germanic root dagaz, cognate with the English word day. In Swedish grammar dag is a common gender noun. The indefinite plural is dagar; the definite forms are dagen (singular) and dagarna (plural).

Common uses include expressions of duration and dates: for example, fyra dagar, i tre dagar, under de senaste dagarna, or de kommande dagarna. When counting, numerals typically precede the plural form, and the definite plural is used when referring to a specific set of days.

Across Scandinavian languages, related forms exist but differ in spelling: Norwegian Bokmål uses dager, Danish uses dage. The concept remains the same across these languages.

See also: dag, veckodag, helgdag.