נאַכט

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German naht, from Old High German [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Noun

נאַכט • (nakht) f, plural נעכט (nekht)

1. night (period between sundown and sunrise)

Antonyms

• טאָג (tog)

Derived terms

• אַ גוטע נאַכט (a gute nakht, “goodbye, goodnight”)
• אויפֿדערנאַכט (oyfdernakht, “at night, by night”, adverb)
• איבערנאַכטיק (ibernakhtik, “overnight”, adj)
• בײַנאַכט (baynakht, “by night”, adverb)
• נאַכטהעמד n (nakhthemd, “nightshirt”)