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aften.

night; an evening (the time of the day between dusk and night, when it gets dark)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈaftn̩//ˈaftən/
  1. night; an evening (the time of the day between dusk and night, when it gets dark)

    masculine
    i aften
    i aftes
  2. night; an evening (the time of the day between dusk and night, when it gets dark) an evening (a party or gathering held in the evening)

    masculine
  3. an eve (the evening or day before a major church celebration)

    masculine
    holde aften
  4. a dinner or supper (a meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Danish aften (“evening; night”), from Old Danish aftæn, from Old Norse aptann (“evening”), from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs (“evening”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (“on, at, near”), of *h₁eps, of *h₁ep-. Cognate with Danish aften, Swedish afton, Faroese aftan and Icelandic aftann.

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