avont
Middle Dutch
Alternative forms
- avent
Etymology
From Old Dutch āvont, from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ.
Noun
âvont m
- evening (starting an hour before sunset, considered the start of a new day)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
- âvent
Descendants
- Dutch: avond
- Afrikaans: aand
- Berbice Creole Dutch: tafn
- Jersey Dutch: âvond
- Negerhollands: avond, navont
- Limburgish: aovendj
Further reading
- “avont”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “avont”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN