Vesper
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun[edit]
Vesper
- Hesperus, Venus, the evening star
Etymology 2[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Vesper (plural Vespers)
- A surname from German.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Vesper is the 24049th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1048 individuals. Vesper is most common among White (94.37%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Vesper”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German vesper, from Old High German vespera, from Latin vespera, from vesper. The alternative neuter gender in the sense “snack” is probably from the compound Vesperbrot.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛspər/, [ˈfɛs.pɐ], (in Austria also) /ˈvɛspər/
- One of five Latinate words in which initial v- is /f/; compare Vers, Vettel, Vize, Vogt.
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Noun[edit]
Vesper f (genitive Vesper, plural Vespern)
- (Christianity) Vespers (service in the late afternoon or early evening)
- 1971, Günter Grass, “Die Vogelscheuchen”, in Gesammelte Gedichte, Luchterhand, page 104:
- weiß nicht, ob alte Jacken, alte Hosen, / wenn sie mit Löffeln in den Dosen / rostig und blechern windwärts läuten, / zur Vesper, ob zum Ave läuten, / zum Aufstand aller Vogelscheuchen läuten
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Vesper [feminine]
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
Vesper f (genitive Vesper, plural Vespern) or
Vesper n (strong, genitive Vespers, plural Vesper)
- (regional, Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) snack; light meal (especially but not exclusively in the afternoon)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Vesper [feminine]
Declension of Vesper [neuter, strong]
Derived terms[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin vesper (“evening, evening star”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Vesper
Synonyms[edit]
- (planet): Venus, even sterne, even sterre, eventide sterre, morwe sterre, morwetide sterre
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: Vesper
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “vesper, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.
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