naht

See also: NAHT, Naht, and näht

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

naht

1. inflection of nahen:
   1. second-person plural present
   2. third-person singular present
   3. plural imperative

Gothic

Romanization

naht

1. romanization of 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

naht

1. alternative form of nyght

Etymology 2

Pronoun

naht

1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of nought

Adverb

naht

1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of nought

Adjective

naht

1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of nought

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German naht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈnaxt/

Noun

naht f (plural nehte or naht)

1. night

Declension

Declension of naht (strong feminine ending in a consonant)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	diu	naht	die	nähte, naht
genitive	einer	dër	nähte, naht	dër	nähte, naht
dative	einer	dër	nähte, naht	dën	nähten, nahten
accusative	eine	die	naht	die	nähte, naht

Descendants

• Alemannic German:
  • Alsatian: Nàcht
  • Swabian: Nachd
• Bavarian:

  Cimbrian: nacht

  Mòcheno: nòcht

• German: Nacht
• Pennsylvania German: Nacht
• Hunsrik: Nacht, naacht
• Luxembourgish: Nuecht, Nuet
• Vilamovian: naocht
• Yiddish: נאַכט (nakht)

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naxt/

Noun

naht f or m

1. night

Inflection

Declension of naht (consonant stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	naht	naht
accusative	naht	naht
genitive	nahtes	nahto
dative	nahte	nahton

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: nacht
  • Dutch: nacht
    • Afrikaans: nag
    • Negerhollands: nacht, nagt
  • Limburgish: nach
  • West Flemish: nacht

Further reading

• “naht”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Adverb

nāht

1. alternative form of nāwiht

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts. Compare Old Saxon and Old Dutch naht, Old English niht, neaht, Old Frisian nacht, Old Norse nátt, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (nahts).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naxt/

Noun

naht f

1. night

Derived terms

• hīnaht
  • Middle High German: *heinacht
    • Alemannic German: hinecht
    • Bavarian: heint
    • Cimbrian: haint, hoint (Luserna)
    • German: heinacht, heint
    • Luxembourgish: hënt
    • Yiddish: הײַנט (haynt)

Descendants

• Middle High German: naht
  • Alemannic German:
    • Alsatian: Nàcht
    • Swabian: Nachd
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: nacht

    Mòcheno: nòcht

  • German: Nacht
  • Pennsylvania German: Nacht
  • Hunsrik: Nacht, naacht
  • Luxembourgish: Nuecht, Nuet
  • Vilamovian: naocht
  • Yiddish: נאַכט (nakht)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑxt/

Noun

naht f

1. night

Descendants

• Middle Low German: nacht
  • Low German:
    • Dutch Low Saxon: nacht
    • German Low German: Nacht

      Hamburgisch: Natt

      Westphalian:

      Lippisch: Nacht f

      Paderbornisch: Nacht f

      Ravensbergisch: Nacht

      Sauerländisch: Nacht

      Westmünsterländisch: Nacht, Nach

  • Plautdietsch: Nacht