Nacht
See also: nacht
German
Etymology
From Middle High German nacht, from Old High German naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Akin to Dutch nacht, English night, Danish nat, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (nahts).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naxt/
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Noun
Nacht f (genitive Nacht, plural Nächte)
- night
- Die Nacht war lang und frostig.
- The night was long and chilly.
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- darkness
- Sie wurden von der Nacht verschlungen.
- They were engulfed by the darkness (of the night).
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Usage notes
- In contemporary German, Nacht is used somewhat differently than English night. Although Nacht can be a general term for the dark hours of the day, when used as a time measurement it refers only to those hours when most ordinary people are in bed (roughly 11 p.m. till 6 a.m.). So while one says in English: “Let's have a beer tonight!”, in German one needs to say: Lass uns heute Abend ein Bier trinken! (“Let's have a beer this evening!”)
- A masculine genitive Nachts occurs only in the dated idioms des Nachts (“at night”) and eines Nachts (“one night”).
Declension
Derived terms
- bei Nacht
- heute Nacht
- Nachtblindheit f
- Nachtdienst m
- Nachtgleiche
- nächtlich
- nachts
- Nachtzeit f
- Nachtruhe f
- Nachtquartier n
- Nachtspeicherheizung f
- Nacht und Nebel
- Polarnacht f
- Tag und Nacht
- Tagundnachtgleiche
See also
Further reading
- Nacht in Duden online
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German nacht, from Old High German naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Compare German Nacht, Dutch nacht, English night.
Noun
Nacht f (plural Nachde)
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