Avend

German Low German

Alternative forms

  • Abend, Awend, åvend (variant spellings)
  • Ovend (some northern dialects, including Hamburg; parts of eastern Westphalia)
  • Aovend (most of Westphalia)
  • Aamd, Aomd, Oomd (common contraction)

Etymology

From Middle Low German âvent, from Old Saxon āvand, from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs. More at even, evening.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔːvənt/

Noun

Avend m (plural Avenden or Avende or Övende)

  1. evening; the time from dusk onwards (unlike in English, now generally including the first hours of the night, until midnight)
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