Abend
English
editEtymology
editJewish and German surname, borrowed from German Abend (“evening”).
Proper noun
editAbend (plural Abends)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Abend is the 38582nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 573 individuals. Abend is most common among White (93.19%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Abend”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
Anagrams
editGerman
editEtymology
editFrom 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."
Compare Low German Avend, Dutch avond, English even (evening), Old Norse aptann, Swedish afton, Norwegian and Danish aften. Compare English eve.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈaːbənt/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /aːmt/ (casual speech)
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Abend
- Hyphenation: A‧bend (1996–2006)
Noun
editAbend m (strong, genitive Abends, plural Abende)
- evening; the time from dusk onwards (unlike in English, now generally including the first hours of the night, until midnight)
- 1896, Theodor Fontane, chapter 24, in Effi Briest[1], Berlin: F. Fontane & Co.:
- 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.
- 1996 April 30, Patrick Conley, “Die vergessene Tradition”, in SFB3[2], archived from the original on 26 March 2014:
- 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.
- (archaic) The west
Declension
editDeclension of Abend [masculine, strong]
Antonyms
editDerived terms
editDerived terms
- abendlich
- Abendbrot
- Abendessen
- abendessen
- Abendgebet
- Abendgymnasium
- Abendkasse
- Abendklasse
- Abendkleid
- Abendland
- Abendlied
- Abendluft
- Abendmahl
- Abendrot
- Abendsegler
- Abendsonne
- Abendspaziergang
- Abendstern
- Abendvorstellung
- abendwärts
- Christabend
- Elternabend
- Feierabend
- gesternabend
- gestern abend
- gestern Abend
- guten Abend
- heuteabend
- heute abend
- heute Abend
- Heiligabend
- Heiliger Abend
- je später der Abend, desto schöner die Gäste
- Lebensabend
- man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben
- Polterabend
- Samstagabend
- Sonnabend
- Sonnabendabend
- Sonntagabend
- Vorabend
- Weihnachtsabend
Related terms
editSee also
edit(times of day) Tageszeit; Morgendämmerung, Morgen, Vormittag, Mittag, Nachmittag (Frühnachmittag, Spätnachmittag), Abenddämmerung, Abend, Nacht, Mitternacht (Category: de:Times of day)
Further reading
edit- “Abend” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Abend” in Duden online
- “Abend” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Abend”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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