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Vesper

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See also:vesperandVësper

English

Pronunciation

(General American)IPA^(key): /ˈvɛspɚ/
(Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /ˈvɛspə/
Audio(US): (file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed fromLatinvesper(“evening star”).

Proper noun

Vesper

The planetVenus as theevening star.
Synonyms:Hesperus,evenstar
Near-synonyms:Phosphorus,Eosphorus,Lucifer,morning star,Venus

Etymology 2

Borrowed fromGermanVesper.

Proper noun

Vesper (pluralVespers)

Asurname from German.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census,Vesper is the 24049^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1048 individuals.Vesper is most common among White (94.37%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Vesper”, inDictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York:Oxford University Press,→ISBN.

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Proper noun

Vesper

Alocality in the Shire ofBaw Baw, south easternVictoria,Australia.

Anagrams

perves,preves

German

Etymology

FromMiddle High Germanvësper, fromOld High Germanvëspera, fromLatinvespera, fromvesper. The alternative neuter gender in the sense “snack” is probably from the compoundVesperbrot.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛspər/,[ˈfɛs.pɐ],(in Austria also)/ˈvɛspɛr/
One of five Latinate words in which initialv- is/f/; compareVers,Vettel,Vize,Vogt.
Audio(Germany (Berlin)): (file)

Noun

Vesper f (genitiveVesper,pluralVespern)

(Christianity)Vespers(service in the late afternoon or early evening)
- 1971,Günter Grass, “Die Vogelscheuchen”, inGesammelte Gedichte, Luchterhand, page104:
  weiß nicht, ob alte Jacken, alte Hosen, / wenn sie mit Löffeln in den Dosen / rostig und blechern windwärts läuten, / zurVesper, ob zum Ave läuten, / zum Aufstand aller Vogelscheuchen läuten
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Declension

Declension ofVesper [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Vesper	die	Vespern
genitive	einer	der	Vesper	der	Vespern
dative	einer	der	Vesper	den	Vespern
accusative	eine	die	Vesper	die	Vespern

Derived terms

Christvesper

Noun

Vesper f (genitiveVesper,pluralVespern)or
Vesper n (strong,genitiveVespers,pluralVesper)

(regional, Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland)snack; light meal (especially but not exclusively in the afternoon)

Declension

Declension ofVesper [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Vesper	die	Vespern
genitive	einer	der	Vesper	der	Vespern
dative	einer	der	Vesper	den	Vespern
accusative	eine	die	Vesper	die	Vespern

Declension ofVesper [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Vesper	die	Vesper
genitive	eines	des	Vespers	der	Vesper
dative	einem	dem	Vesper	den	Vespern
accusative	ein	das	Vesper	die	Vesper

Derived terms

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed fromLatinvesper(“evening, evening star”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɛspər/

Proper noun

Vesper

(astronomy) Theplanet closely associated with theevening: Venus.

Synonyms

(planet):Venus,even sterne,even sterre,eventide sterre,morwe sterre,morwetide sterre

Related terms

vespertyne

Descendants

English:Vesper

See also

vespers

References

“vesper,n.”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007, retrieved14 June 2018.

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