Icelandic

Alternative forms

• (common) kvöld

Noun

kveld n ‎(genitive singular kvelds, nominative plural kveld)

1. (archaic or poetic) evening
   • Genesis 1:31 (Icelandic Bible, New International Version)

     Og Guð leit allt, sem hann hafði gjört, og sjá, það var harla gott. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn sjötti dagur.

     God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kveld.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʋel]

Noun

kveld m ‎(definite singular kvelden, indefinite plural kvelder, definite plural kveldene)

1. evening

   Ha en fin kveld.

   Have a nice evening.

   ta en tidlig kveld - have an early night (go to bed earlier than usual)

Synonyms

• aften

Derived terms

• i kveld
• kveldstur

References

• “kveld” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kveld

Noun

kveld m ‎(definite singular kvelden, indefinite plural kveldar, definite plural kveldane)

1. an evening

Synonyms

• aftan, eftan

Derived terms

• kveldstur

References

• “kveld” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kweldą, *kwildiz. Akin to Old English cwild ‎(“downfall, death”), cwyldtīd ‎(“evening”), Old High German quiltiwerc ‎(“evening work”), dialectal German Kilt. Originally literally “the quelling [of day]”, and exists also in the form kveld dags, usually with the preposition at: at kveldi dags (originally literally “at the end or quelling of the day”, hence “in the evening”). Related to kvelja, Old English cweljan, English quell, kill.

Noun

kveld n

1. evening

Descendants

References

• kveld in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press