julafton – Swedish noun declension

Noun: julafton
Hyphenation:

Gender: Common gender

Nominative

Sg. Indef.	julafton
Sg. Def.	julaftonen
Pl. Indef.	julaftnar
Pl. Def.	julaftnarna

Genitive

Sg. Indef.	julaftons
Sg. Def.	julaftonens
Pl. Indef.	julaftnars
Pl. Def.	julaftnarnas

Sample Sentences

Det är ju som rena rama julafton! (It’s like Christmas morning!)

Nouns inflected like julafton

lillejulafton, julafton, morgon,

Etymology

1. Inherited from Old Swedish iūla aptan, equivalent to jul (“Christmas”) + afton (“eve”).
2. Figurative sense from the Northern European tradition of celebrating Christmas and exchanging gifts on Christmas Eve.