🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Nacht

Pronunciation / Transliteration: naxt

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Nighttime/ˈnaɪt.taɪm/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Eule ist in der Nacht aktiv."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The time from dusk to dawn when it is dark.

    "The streets are usually very quiet during the nighttime."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Happening, existing, or done during the night.

    "She wears special glasses for nighttime driving."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'nighttime' is derived from the Old English 'niht' meaning 'night' and 'tima' meaning 'time'. Over centuries, it evolved in Middle English to 'night time', eventually merging into the compound form 'nighttime' in modern English.

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