avont

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• avent

Etymology

From Old Dutch āvont, from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ.

Noun

âvont m

1. 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