afton

== Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish aptan, aftan, afton, from Old Norse aptann, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi. Cognates include Norwegian Nynorsk aftan, Norwegian Bokmål aften, Danish aften, Icelandic aftann, English even (evening), Dutch avond and German Abend. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaftɔn/ === Noun === afton c (sometimes somewhat solemn) (early) evening (chiefly in compounds) eve ==== Usage notes ==== Sometimes used to emphasize that the early evening is included, in phrases like "en trevlig afton och kväll" (a pleasant early evening and evening). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== (evening): god afton, aftonstjärna (eve): julafton, midsommarafton, nyårsafton, påskafton, pingstafton, tranafton, valborgsmässoafton ==== See also ==== kväll (“evening”) === References === “afton”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “afton”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “afton”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)