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
Noun
Nacht f (genitive Nacht, plural Nächte)
- night
- Die Nacht war lang und frostig.
- The night was long and chilly.
- darkness
- Sie wurden von der Nacht verschlungen.
- They were engulfed by the darkness (of the night).
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 phrases des Nachts (“at night”) and eines Nachts (“one night”) and alone as the adverbial genitive nachts.
Declension
Template:de-decl-noun-f (times of day) Tageszeit; Morgendämmerung, Morgen, Vormittag, Mittag, Nachmittag (Frühnachmittag, Spätnachmittag), Abenddämmerung, Abend, Nacht, Mitternacht (Category: de:Times of day)
Derived terms
- die Nacht zum Tag machen
- gut Nacht
- gut' Nacht
- gute Nacht
- Kristallnacht
- Nacht und Nebel
- nachtaktiv
- nachtblind
- Nachtdienst
- Nachtessen
- Nachteule
- Nachtfalter
- Nachtgleiche
- Nachthemd
- nächtigen
- Nachtjagdflieger
- Nachtjäger
- Nachtleben
- nächtlich
- Nachtlicht
- Nachtmahl
- Nachtmensch
- Nachtmusik
- Nachtquartier
- Nachtreiher
- Nachtruhe
- nachts
- Nachtshopping
- Nachtsichtgerät
- Nachtspeicherheizung
- Nachttisch
- Nachtwache
- Nachtwächter
- Nachtzeit
- Osternacht (Easter Vigil)
- Polarnacht
- Reichskristallnacht
- Tag und Nacht
- Tagundnachtgleiche
- über Nacht
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “Nacht” in Duden online
Hunsrik
Alternative forms
- naacht (Wiesemann spelling system)
Etymology
From Old High German naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Nacht f (plural Necht)
- night
- Die Nacht is kalt.
- The night is cold.
Further reading
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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- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Middle High German
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Middle High German
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Old High German
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Old High German
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Pennsylvania German lemmas
- Pennsylvania German nouns
- Pennsylvania German feminine nouns