Vesper

See also: vesper and Vësper

English

Etymology 1

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Proper noun

Vesper

1. Hesperus, Venus, the evening star

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Vesper.

Proper noun

Vesper (plural Vespers)

1. A surname 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”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• perves, preves

German

Etymology

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

• 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

Vesper f (genitive Vesper, plural Vespern)

1. (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

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Declension

	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 of Vesper [feminine]

Derived terms

• Christvesper

Noun

Vesper f (genitive Vesper, plural Vespern) or
Vesper n (strong, genitive Vespers, plural Vesper)

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

Declension

	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 of Vesper [feminine]

	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

Declension of Vesper [neuter, strong]

Derived terms

• Vesperbrot
• vespern

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vesper (“evening, evening star”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛspər/

Proper noun

Vesper

1. (astronomy) The planet closely associated with the evening: 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.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.