midnight

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.
2. (countable, uncountable) Twelve o'clock at night exactly.
3. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of boxcars (“a pair of sixes”).

Adj

Utterly dark or black.

Concepten

middernacht

middag

noen

🕛

middernachtelijk

Synoniemen

dead of night

depth of night

noon

🕛

night

🌃

middle of the night

twelve o’clock

late night

midday

nighttime

nocturnal

noonday

noone

noontide

noontime

midnight blue

black of night

night time

thick darkness

noon-time

12 am

12:00 a.m.

minuit

at night

Nighthaw

bedtime

darkness

evening

🌆

half

high noon

mi

Vertalingen

Mitternacht

minuit

medianoche

gece yarısı

media noche

minuit

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈmɪdnʌɪt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: midnight

Overgenomen van Oudengels: midniht

Verwant aan Saterfries: Midnoacht

Verwant aan Oudhoogduits: mittinaht

Verwant aan Deens: midnat

Verwant aan Zweeds: midnatt

Verwant aan IJslands: miðnætti

Verwant aan Saterfries: Middernoacht

Verwant aan Nederlands: middernacht

Verwant aan Duits: Mitternacht

In summary

From Middle English midnight, from Old English midniht, from Proto-Germanic *midjanahts (“midnight”), equivalent to mid- + night. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Midnoacht (“midnight”), Old High German mittinaht (“midnight”), Danish midnat (“midnight”), Swedish midnatt (“midnight”), Icelandic miðnætti (“midnight”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Middernoacht (“midnight”), Dutch middernacht (“midnight”), German Mitternacht (“midnight”).

Zinnen

It was now near midnight .

Het was nu bijna middernacht.