nacht

Meaning

Noun

night

Intj

good night

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnaxt/

Etymology

From Old Frisian nacht, from Proto-West Germanic *naht, from Proto-Germanic *nahts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Sentences

De jûn komt, de nacht falt, noch altyd gjin help .

The evening comes, the night falls, still no help.

Ik wit as de dei fan juster dat wy de hiele nacht rinne moasten.

I know like it was yesterday that we had to walk all night.

Men moat net oer iis fan ien nacht gean .

One should not go over the ice of one night.

Yn de nacht fan snein op moandei waard yn itselde hûs ek al ynbrutsen.

In the night from Sunday to Monday, the same house was also broken into.

Nei in lange winter kundige him de earste soele nacht fan it jier oan .

After a long winter, the first warm night of the year announced itself.

Hy hie in moaie, jonge frou waans hier sa donker as de nacht wie.

He had a beautiful, young wife whose hair was as dark as the night.

Hy hie de foargeande nacht amper sliepe kinnen fan 'e opwining.

He had barely been able to sleep the previous night from the excitement.

Yn de nacht fan 'e tsjusternis wurdt de oandacht fêstige op de ljochtfersmoarging.

In the night of darkness, attention is focused on light pollution.