Mitternacht

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪtɐnaχt/
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Noun

Mitternacht f (genitive Mitternacht, plural Mitternächte)

  1. midnight
  2. (archaic) north
    • 1545, Martin Luther, Luther Bible, Exodus 26:20 (with KJV translation)
      Alſo auff der andern ſeiten / gegen mitter⸗nacht ſollen auch zwenzig bret ſtehen
      And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards

Declension

Declension of Mitternacht
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Mitternacht die Mitternächte
genitive einer der Mitternacht der Mitternächte
dative einer der Mitternacht den Mitternächten
accusative eine die Mitternacht die Mitternächte

Derived terms

See also

(times of day) Tageszeit; Morgendämmerung, Morgen, Vormittag, Mittag, Nachmittag (Frühnachmittag, Spätnachmittag), Abenddämmerung, Abend, Nacht, Mitternacht (Category: de:Times of day)

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