vanavond Dutch · revision 37297

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˌvɑˈnaː.vɔnt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vanavond'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|nl|van|avond]], the preposition [[van]] with [[avond]] “evening”, a fixed phrase that came to be written as one word.^(WNT)^(Wiktionary)^(WikiWoordenboek) According to the EWN it was made on the model of [[vandaag]], a contraction of Middle Dutch [[m|dum|van den daghe|t=on this day]] with ⟨vanden⟩ reduced to ⟨van⟩; [[vanmorgen]], [[vanochtend]] and [[vanmiddag]] were formed in the same way.^(EWN) The same formation is [[nds|vanabend]].^(WNT)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal's earliest quotation is from 1784: ''Van avond is hier eene Dansparty'', “there is a dance here this evening”.^(WNT) Earlier Dutch also said ''van dezen avond'', as in 1613.^(WNT)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In 1948 the Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal noted that the word was now mostly written as one;^(WNT) ''van dezen avond'' had become obsolete.^(WNT) It refers both to the coming evening and to the evening just past.^(WikiWoordenboek)^(ANW)

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+ Afrikaans has [[m|af|vanaand]], Jersey Dutch had ''van âvond'', and Negerhollands ''fanadunku''.^(Wiktionary)^(Van der Sijs 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1613 – ''Van desen avont'' “this evening”.^(WNT)

+ * 1784 – ''Van avond'', the earliest quotation of the modern form.^(WNT)

+ * 1948 – The word is mostly written as one.^(WNT)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # This [[m|en|evening]], [[m|en|tonight]]: on the evening of the present day, whether still to come or already past: ''Vanavond gaan we uit eten.'' ''Heb je vanavond het nieuws gezien?''^(Van Dale 2014)^(ANW)^(WikiWoordenboek)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[avond]]

+ * [[van]]

+ * [[vandaag]]

+ * [[vannacht]]

+ * [[vanmorgen]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}