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Abend

See also: abend, åbend, and ABEND

English edit

 
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Etymology edit

Jewish and German surname, borrowed from German Abend (“evening”).

Proper noun edit

Abend (plural Abends)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics edit

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Abend is the 38582nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 573 individuals. Abend is most common among White (93.19%) individuals.

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German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German ābent, from Old High German āband, from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *epi (“after, behind”) → “last part of the day."

Compare Low German Avend, Dutch avond, English even (evening), Old Norse aptann, Swedish afton, Norwegian and Danish aften. Compare English eve.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːbənt/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /aːmt/ (casual speech)
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  • Hyphenation: Abend
  • Hyphenation: A‧bend (1996–2006)

Noun edit

Abend m (strong, genitive Abends, plural Abende)

  1. evening; the time from dusk onwards (unlike in English, now generally including the first hours of the night, until midnight)
    • 1896, Theodor Fontane, chapter 24, in Effi Briest‎[1], Berlin: F. Fontane & Co.:
      Mit Beginn der nächsten Woche brach man denn auch wirklich auf, und am selben Abend noch war man in Saßnitz.
      At the beginning of the next week they finally departed, and on the same evening they arrived in Saßnitz.
    • 1996 April 30, Patrick Conley, “Die vergessene Tradition”, in SFB3‎[2], archived from the original on 26 March 2014:
      Es ist Abend, und vor den Fenstern ihres Wohnzimmers liegt der Central Park in tiefes Dunkel gehüllt.
      It is evening, and past the windows of her living room, Central Park is wrapped in deep darkness.
  2. (archaic) The west

Declension edit

Declension of Abend [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Abend die Abende
genitive eines des Abends der Abende
dative einem dem Abend den Abenden
accusative einen den Abend die Abende

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See also edit

(times of day) Tageszeit; Morgendämmerung, Morgen, Vormittag, Mittag, Nachmittag (Frühnachmittag, Spätnachmittag), Abenddämmerung, Abend, Nacht, Mitternacht (Category: de:Times of day)

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