Viachaslau (asker) Jun 16, 2010:

Madeleine, thank you for your input!

Madeleine MacRae Klintebo Jun 15, 2010:

I don't rely much on tyda.se but... I think you, and they, might be right and I and your partner wrong (although "intervallet" still sounds wrong in my ears).

I have a habit of listening to how words sound, for example, when swenglifiying "spread" I just know that it has to be an "en"-word as "spreadet" sounds weird.

However, in this case, I vaguely feel I've previously come across the determinate form of this term and the correct form was deemed to be "intervallet". Still grates on my ears, but... Probably because my ears connect it to the term "vall/vallen".

Viachaslau (asker) Jun 15, 2010:

Swedish entry word
intervall [interv'al:] intervallet intervall intervallen noun
avstånd i tid

English translation
interval

Examples

* med ett års intervall---at one-year intervals

Compounds

* tidsintervall---interval (of time)

Swedish entry word
intervall [interv'al:] intervallet intervall intervallen noun
avstånd mellan två toner i en skala

English translation
interval

Compounds

* tersintervall---third

Swedish entry word
mellan|rum [²m'el:anrum:] -rummet -rum -rummen noun
avstånd (i tid och rum), lucka, intervall

English translation
interval, space

Examples

* hon syns med jämna mellanrum i veckotidningarnas spalter---she appears at regular intervals in the columns of the tabloids

Viachaslau (asker) Jun 15, 2010:

:-) http://tyda.se/search?form=1&w=intervall&w_lang=&x=0&y=0

Madeleine MacRae Klintebo Jun 15, 2010:

En IntervallET låter helt galet i mina öron.