vargtimme

• vargtimma

Compound of varg (“wolf”) +‎ timme (“hour”). Coined by Ingmar Bergman for the 1968 film Hour of the Wolf.

• IPA^(key): /²varjˌtɪme/

vargtimme c

1. an hour before dawn during which one is said to be most receptive to nightmares and crises
   • 1984, Johan Asplund, Ett ostämt piano är hemskt, page 51:

     Det har ljusnat utanför, vargtimmen är strax över.

     It has become bright outside, the wolf-hour (hour before dawn) is almost over.

comparable to the witching hour.

• → Norwegian Bokmål: vargtime

• vargtimme in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)