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night noun

  /naɪt/ , /nʌɪt/
  • (astronomy, countable) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.
  • (legal, countable) A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
 natt
  • (uncountable) Darkness (due to it being nighttime).
 mörker, natt
  • (countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
 övernattning, natt
  • (uncountable) Nightfall.
 skymning

night interjection

  /naɪt/ , /nʌɪt/
  • Ellipsis of good night.
 gonatt

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watch noun

  /ˈwɑt͡ʃ/ , /ˈwɒt͡ʃ/ , /ˈwɔt͡ʃ/
  • A portable or wearable timepiece.
 klocka, ur
  • A person or group of people who guard.
 vakt, vaktpatrull
  • (nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
  • (nautical) A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the working of a vessel during the same watch. (FM 55–501).
 vakt
  • The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
  • The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
 bevakning
  • A particular time period when guarding is kept.
 vakt, vaktpass

watch verb

  /ˈwɑt͡ʃ/ , /ˈwɒt͡ʃ/ , /ˈwɔt͡ʃ/
  • (ambitransitive) To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
 se på
  • (transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.
 observera, iaktta, passa, vakta, betrakta, ta sig i akt
  • (transitive) To be wary or cautious of.
 ta sig i akt, vara försiktig

watchfulness

vaksamhet

watchful adjective

  /ˈwɒt͡ʃ.fəl/ , /ˈwɔt͡ʃ.fəl/
  • Fully observant, vigilant, or aware.
 artig
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