Night

German Meaning

English Meaning

1. The period between sunset and sunrise, especially the hours of darkness.
2. This period considered as a unit of time: for two nights running.
3. This period considered from its conditions: a rainy night.
4. The period between dusk and midnight of a given day: either late Thursday night or early Friday morning.
5. The period between evening and bedtime.
6. This period considered from its activities: a night at the opera.
7. This period set aside for a specific purpose: Parents' Night at school.
8. The period between bedtime and morning: spent the night at a motel.
9. One's sleep during this period: had a restless night.
10. Nightfall: worked from morning to night.
11. Darkness: vanished into the night.
12. A time or condition of gloom, obscurity, ignorance, or despair: "In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning” ( F. Scott Fitzgerald).
13. A time or condition marked by absence of moral or ethical values: "He never would have let us go untroubled into the night of private greed” ( Anthony Lewis).
14. Of or relating to the night: the night air.
15. Intended for use at night: a night light.
16. Working during the night: the night nurse.
17. Active chiefly at night: night prowlers.
18. Occurring after dark: night baseball.