Vesper

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Vesper

1. Hesperus, Venus, the evening star

Borrowed from German Vesper.

Vesper (plural Vespers)

1. A surname from German.

• 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.

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

• perves, preves

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.

• 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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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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• Christvesper

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)

• Vesperbrot
• vespern

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛspər/

Vesper

1. (astronomy) The planet closely associated with the evening: Venus.

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

• vespertyne

• English: Vesper

• vespers

• “vesper, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 June 2018.