Noun: Abend
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Abend |
| Plural | Abende |
Definite
| Singular | der Abend |
| Plural | die Abende |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Abends |
| Plural | Abende |
Definite
| Singular | des Abends |
| Plural | der Abende |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Abend |
| Plural | Abenden |
Definite
| Singular | dem Abend |
| Plural | den Abenden |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | einen Abend |
| Plural | Abende |
Definite
| Singular | den Abend |
| Plural | die Abende |
Sample Sentences
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Mit Beginn der nächsten Woche brach man denn auch wirklich auf, und am selben Abend noch war man in Saßnitz. (At the beginning of the next week they finally departed, and on the same evening they arrived in Saßnitz.) [1896, Theodor Fontane, chapter 24, in Effi Briest, Berlin: F. Fontane & Co.:]
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Es ist Abend, und vor den Fenstern ihres Wohnzimmers liegt der Central Park in tiefes Dunkel gehüllt. (It is evening, and past the windows of her living room, Central Park is wrapped in deep darkness.) [1996 April 30, Patrick Conley, “Die vergessene Tradition”, in SFB3, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2014:]
Nouns inflected like Abend
Hydroxyaldehyd,
Nickelin,
Kohlweißling,
Pflegling,
Funktionsbaustein,
Einkristall,
Partyspiel,
Schrankpapier,
Türspion,
Reinigungsbenzin,
Saibling,
Atommodell,
Verdrängungswettbewerb,
Histamin,
Hexachlorid,
Natriumberyllat,
Leadhillit,
Speierling,
Wachtelkönig,
Postalveolar, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle High German ābent, from Old High German āband, from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *epi (“after, behind”) → “last part of the day."
2. Compare Low German Avend, Dutch avond, English even (evening), Old Norse aptann, Swedish afton, Norwegian and Danish aften. Compare English eve. See: Dutch Nouns '
avond', English Nouns '
even', Old Norse Nouns '
aptann', Swedish Nouns '
afton', Danish Nouns '
aften', English Nouns '
eve'.
Verbs referencing "Abend"
Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
aftan, Danish Nouns
aften, Swedish Nouns
afton.
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