aften

== Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish aftæn, from Old Norse aptann, from Proto-Germanic *aftanaz, *aftunaz. Cognate with Swedish afton and Norwegian Nynorsk aftan. The West Germanic forms English even, Dutch avond, and German Abend go back to a different form: *ēbanþs. The relation between the two forms is unclear. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaftən/, /ˈɑftən/, [ˈɑ̈fd̥n̩] === Noun === aften c (singular definite aftenen or aftnen, plural indefinite aftener or aftner) evening night (evening) ==== Inflection ==== ==== Synonyms ==== kvæld ==== Antonyms ==== morgen ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Norwegian Bokmål: aften ==== References ==== “aften” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Noun === aften plural of aft == Norwegian Bokmål == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaftn̩/, /ˈaftən/ Rhymes: -aftn̩, -ən Hyphenation: af‧ten === Etymology 1 === From Danish aften (“evening; night”), from Old Danish aftæn, from Old Norse aptann (“evening”), from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs (“evening”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (“on, at, near”), of *h₁eps, of *h₁ep-. Cognate with Danish aften, Swedish afton, Faroese aftan and Icelandic aftann. ==== Noun ==== aften m (definite singular aftenen, indefinite plural aftener, definite plural aftenene) night; an evening (the time of the day between dusk and night, when it gets dark) i aften ― tonight i aftes ― earlier this night i går aftes ― last night livets aften ― last days of life an evening (a party or gathering held in the evening) (Christianity) an eve (the evening or day before a major church celebration) holde aften ― gather guests the night before a wedding a dinner or supper (a meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening) Synonyms: aftensmat, aftensmåltid, kvelds, kveldsmat, kveldsmåltid ===== Synonyms ===== kveld (“evening”) ===== Coordinate terms ===== {{#invoke:topic list|show |hypernym=døgnets tider |demring,daggry |soloppgang |morgen |formiddag |middag |dag |ettermiddag |solnedgang |blåtime |tussmørke -->kveld/aften, ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== aften m definite singular of afte === References === “aften” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “aften” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). === Anagrams === fante, fetna == Scots == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English often, ofte, from Old English oft, from Proto-Germanic *ufta. ==== Alternative forms ==== af'en, affen, oaffen, oaften ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɑfən/ (Insular Scots) IPA(key): /ˈafən/, /ˈɑ-/ ==== Adverb ==== aften (comparative aftener, superlative aftenest) often ===== Derived terms ===== aftentimes === Etymology 2 === Derived from Old Norse aptann (“evening”). ==== Noun ==== aften (plural aftens) (Shetland) evening === References === “aften”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. Eagle, Andy, editor (2026), “aften”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎[1]