avont

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• avent

Etymology

From Old Dutch āvont, from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ.

Noun

âvont m

1. evening (starting an hour before sunset, considered the start of a new day)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• âvent

Descendants

• Dutch: avond
  • Afrikaans: aand
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: tafn
  • Jersey Dutch: âvond
  • Negerhollands: avond, navont
• Limburgish: aovendj

Further reading

• “avont”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “avont”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

• āvant

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs.

Noun

āvont m

1. evening

Inflection

Declension of āvont (consonant stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	āvont	āvont
accusative	āvont	āvont
genitive	āvondes	āvondo
dative	āvonde	āvondon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: âvont, avent
  • Dutch: avond
    • Afrikaans: aand
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: tafn
    • Jersey Dutch: âvond
    • Negerhollands: avond, navont
  • Limburgish: aovendj

References

• “avont”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012