abendessen

== German == === Etymology === Abend +‎ essen === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: abend‧es‧sen IPA(key): /ˈaːbəntˌɛsən/, [ˈʔaːbn̩tˌʔɛsn̩] === Verb === abendessen (full infinitive abendzuessen, present participle abendessend, past participle abendgegessen) (Southern Germany, Austria, South Tyrol) to sup, to have supper (the evening meal) 1957, Johannes Mario Simmel, Gott schützt die Liebenden, page 258: ==== Usage notes ==== This verb occurs only in the infinitive and participle forms. Outside of southern Germany and Austria, the usual expression is zu Abend essen. ==== Quotations ==== Franz Fühmann, in Briefe 1950-1984, published by Hans-Jürgen Schmitt in 1994, page 175: Konrad, es ist für Dich wie für mich vollkommen unerträglich, daß wir so von Woche zu Woche telephonierend oder abendessend dahinwurschteln: [...] Konrad, it is completely unbearable for you as it is for me that we muddle along from week to week, talking on the phone or having dinner together ==== See also ==== frühstücken mittagessen === Further reading === “abendessen” in Duden online “abendessen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache