hënt

See also: hent and Hënt

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German hint, pre-cluster shortening of hīnt, itself contraction of hīnaht, from Old High German hīnaht (“tonight”). Compare obsolete German heinacht (“tonight”), Bavarian heint, Yiddish הײַנט (haynt) (both “today”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hənt]
  • Rhymes: -ənt

Adverb

hënt

  1. (with past tense) last night
    Weess de, wat ech hënt gedreemt hunn?
    Do you know what I dreamt last night?
  2. (with present / future tense) tonight
    Hënt gi mer matzäit an d’Bett.
    Tonight we’ll go to bed early.

Derived terms

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