Definition
The part of the day between late afternoon and night.
Translations
- English
- evening
- Français
- soir
- Türkçe
- akşam
- Polski
- wieczór
- Русский
- вечер
- Українська
- вечір
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Abend
- A1
- Noun
- Time & Calendar
- Personal Information
evening
/deːɐ̯ ˈaːbn̩t/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Abende
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Time & CalendarPrimaryPersonal Information
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Abend ist heute ruhig.NominativSing.The evening is quiet today.
- Wir treffen uns heute Abend.AkkusativSing.We are meeting this evening.
- Am Abend lese ich ein Buch.DativSing.I read a book in the evening.
- Am Ende des Abends waren alle müde.GenitivSing.At the end of the evening, everyone was tired.
- Die Abende werden wieder länger.NominativPlur.The evenings are getting longer again.
- Wir verbringen die Abende oft zu Hause.AkkusativPlur.We often spend the evenings at home.
- An warmen Abenden sitzen wir draußen.DativPlur.On warm evenings, we sit outside.
- Die Abende werden im Herbst schnell dunkel.GenitivPlur.Evenings quickly become dark in autumn.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Abend/ˈaːbn̩t/
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Article phrase
der Abend/deːɐ̯ ˈaːbn̩t/
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Plural
Abende/ˈaːbəndə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Abend | die Abende |
| Akkusativ | den Abend | die Abende |
| Dativ | dem Abend | den Abenden |
| Genitiv | des Abends | der Abende |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Prepositional constructionam Abendan + Dativ
- Sentence patternheute Abend
- Collocationden Abend verbringen
- Collocationeinen ruhigen Abend verbringen
- Adjective combinationein langer Abend
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Narrower termAbenddämmerung
Abenddämmerung refers to the transitional phase with diminishing light and is therefore only part of the evening.
- Broader termTageszeit
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word
„Abend“ is a simple German noun without productive compounding or derivation.