døgnlige

Døgnlige is an adjective used in Danish and Norwegian to describe something related to a 24-hour day or occurring on a per-day basis. The term is built from døgn, meaning a 24-hour period, and the suffix -lig, which marks adjectives indicating a quality.

In usage, døgnlige typically appears in formal or technical language, such as legal, financial, or logistical texts, where it specifies actions, payments, or services calculated per 24 hours rather than per week or month. For example, døgnlige ydelser would refer to benefits or services provided per day. In everyday speech, døgnlige is relatively uncommon; speakers more often use dagslig or daglig to express daily frequency.

The form døgnlige is one inflected form used to modify nouns; the base form is døgnlig, with the exact ending varying to agree with the noun’s gender and number in the respective language. The concept it expresses broadly parallels the English terms “per diem” or “daily,” though døgnlige remains a relatively specialized term in Danish and Norwegian.

See also: døgn; dagslig; daglig; per diem.