Nachmittag
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]nach + Mittag. Compare Dutch namiddag.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈnaːx.mɪˌtaːk/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈna(x).mɪˌtax/ (northern and central Germany; chiefly colloquial)
Audio (Germany): (file) Audio (Austria): (file)
Noun
[edit]Nachmittag m (strong, genitive Nachmittages or Nachmittags, plural Nachmittage)
- afternoon (part of the day from about 2 p.m. to about 6 p.m.)
- heute Nachmittag
- this afternoon
Declension
[edit]Declension of Nachmittag [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Nachmittag | die | Nachmittage |
genitive | eines | des | Nachmittages, Nachmittags | der | Nachmittage |
dative | einem | dem | Nachmittag, Nachmittage1 | den | Nachmittagen |
accusative | einen | den | Nachmittag | die | Nachmittage |
1Now rare, see notes.
Derived terms
[edit]- heute nachmittag, heute Nachmittag (“this afternoon”)
- nachmittäglich
- nachmittags (“in the afternoon”)
- Nachmittagskaffee (“afternoon coffee”)
- Nachmittagstee (“afternoon tea”)
See 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]- “Nachmittag” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Nachmittag” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Nachmittag” in Duden online
- Nachmittag on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de