nächtlich

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German

Etymology

Nacht (night) +‎ -lich (-ly)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛçtlɪç/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛçtlɪç

Adjective

nächtlich (strong nominative masculine singular nächtlicher, not comparable)

  1. nightly, per night
  2. nocturnal (taking place at the night)
    Antonym: täglich
    • 1919, Aleksey Remizov, translated by Arthur Luther, Legenden und Geschichten (fiction), Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, →ISBN:
      Und die Sterne gingen mit dem nächtlichen Dunkel, der Morgen graute, ich aber las und las und hatte nicht gehört, daß man drüben von der Erlöserkirche längst schon zur Frühmesse geläutet hatte.
      And the stars went away with the dark of the night, the morning dawned, however I read and read and hadn't heard that they had already long since sounded the knell of the early mass at the Church of the Redeemer.

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