Abendstern

== English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Proper noun === Abendstern (plural Abendsterns) A surname. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Abendstern”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3. Forebears == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German ābentsterne, from Old High German ābandsterno, from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþsternō, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþsternǭ. Equivalent to Abend (“evening”) +‎ Stern (“star”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈaːbn̩tˌʃtɛʁn] === Noun === Abendstern m (strong, genitive Abendsternes or Abendsterns, plural Abendsterne) (astronomy) evening star; the planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening (astronomy) evening star; any star (or planet, anciently thought to be a star) seen in the evening, especially the planets Mercury and Jupiter ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== Morgenstern Sterne am Abendhimmel (“stars (seen) in the evening sky”) Venus ==== Related terms ==== Sterne am Morgenhimmel (“stars (seen) in the (early) morning sky”) Venus === Further reading === “Abendstern” in Duden online