minuter

Minuter is the plural form of the word for minute in several Scandinavian languages, where it denotes a short unit of time. In Swedish, the base word is minut, and its plural is minuter, used in everyday speech to express durations and time intervals, as in "30 minuter." In Danish and Norwegian, the corresponding plural is minuter in Danish and minutter in Norwegian, both used in the same way to indicate a length of time.

Etymology for these forms traces back to the same root as the English word minute, with shared lineage from Latin minuta and related forms in French, reflecting a common historical development of the concept of a brief time interval across Western languages.

In English, the standard plural is minutes, and the Scandinavian plurals constitute parallel but differently spelled forms. The term minuter itself is primarily a noun in these languages and is not typically used as a standalone verb in standard usage.

Overall, minuter refers to a quantity of time rather than a distinct concept or object, and its exact spelling varies between Swedish (minuter) and Danish/Norwegian (minutter or minutter), while preserving the same core meaning.