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aften.

evening

5 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈaftən//ˈɑftən/[ˈɑ̈fd̥n̩]

  1. evening

    common-gender

  2. night (evening)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish aftæn, from Old Norse aptann, from Proto-Germanic *aftanaz, *aftunaz. Cognate with Swedish afton and Norwegian Nynorsk aftan. The West Germanic forms English even, Dutch avond, and German Abend go back to a different form: *ēbanþs. The relation between the two forms is unclear.

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