Abend
German, noun/ˈaːbənt/
Abend is spelled A-B-E-N-D (5 letters) and appears 209 times per million words in written German, the 409th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abend is a German masculine noun meaning “evening; the time from dusk until midnight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Tageszeit nach dem Nachmittag, die beginnt, wenn die Sonne den Horizont erreicht, und bei völliger…”.
What does Abend mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineevening; the time from dusk until midnight
- 2
archaicmasculineThe west
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Tageszeit nach dem Nachmittag, die beginnt, wenn die Sonne den Horizont erreicht, und bei völliger Dunkelheit endet; dem Abend geht der Tag voran und auf den Abend folgt die Nacht 2. die Himmelsrichtung Westen 3. verschliffene Begrüßungsfloskel „guten Abend“ 4. Abschluss, Ende, Schluss (für Leben, Epochen, langandauernde Herrschaften und Ähnlichem)
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Abend
- Abends genitive
- Abende plural
- Abenden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Abend?
- standard /ˈaːbənt/
- /aːmt/
- [ˈaːbn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Abend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Abend in German?
Abend appears 209 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).