The story
A døgn is a full day and night, a unit Norwegian has and English lacks, and to be vill here is to be lost. Night-shift nurses and anyone just back from Asia know the state. English says jet-lagged, even when no jet was involved.
døgnvill
DOYN-vill[ˈdøʏnˌʋɪl]
having lost track of day and night — jet-lagged
Closest in English: jetlag, jet-lag, jetlagged. None of them covers it.
How it went in the game
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- Which language is it from?Norwegian
- When are you most likely to be it?After a week of night shifts
- Where would you hear it?Breakfast at midnight, eyes wide open
- What does it mean?Your body clock has lost the hours
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