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aften

Pronunciation: /ˈaftən/

“aften” is a Danish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. evening
  2. night (evening)

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.

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