Advent

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English

Etymology

See advent.

Proper noun

Advent

  1. (Christianity) The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
  2. (Christianity) The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas.
  3. A civil parish near Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England; derived from Saint Adwen or Adwenna.
  4. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States, named after a local church.

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adventus.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Advent m

  1. Advent

German

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Etymology

From Middle High German advente, borrowed from Latin adventus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔatˈvɛnt/
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Noun

Advent m (strong, genitive Adventes or Advents, plural Advente)

  1. (Christianity) Advent
    Advent, Advent, ein Lichtlein brennt. ― Advent, advent, a light is burning.
    Erst eins, dann zwei, dann drei, dann vier; ― First one, then two, then three, then four;
    Dann steht das Christkind vor der Tür. ― Then the Christkind is at the door. (A nursery rhyme.)

Declension

Declension of Advent
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Advent die Advente
genitive eines des Adventes, Advents der Advente
dative einem dem Advent, Advente1 den Adventen
accusative einen den Advent die Advente

1Now rare, see notes.

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Further reading

  • “Advent” in Duden online
  • “Advent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adventus.

Pronunciation

Noun

Advent m (uncountable)

  1. Advent

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adventus (“coming to”), perfect passive participle form of verb advenīre (“come to”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎdʋent/
  • Hyphenation: Ad‧vent

Noun

Àdvent m (Cyrillic spelling А̀двент)

  1. (Christianity) Advent (the first or the expected second coming of Christ)

Declension

Declension of Advent
singular
nominative Advent
genitive Adventa
dative Adventu
accusative Advent
vocative Advente
locative Adventu
instrumental Adventom

References

  • “Advent”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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