When you thought you knew morning, morgen and Morgen, wait for Vormittag and Nachmittag.
Posted by jpluimers on 2022/01/31
Decades I thought it was easy:
| English | Dutch | German | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morning | Morgen/Ochtend | Morgen | 06:00-12:00 |
| Afternoon | Middag | Mittag | 12:00-18:00 |
| Evening | Avond | Abend | 18:00-00:00 |
| Night | Nacht | Nacht | 00:00-06:00 |
Well, at least in Germany they add more periods during the day (give or take a few hours):
| German | Period |
|---|---|
| Morgen | 05:00-10:00 |
| Vormittag | 10:00-12:00 |
| Mittag | 12:00-14:00 |
| Nachmittag | 14:00-18:00 |
| Abend | 18:00-23:00 |
| Nacht | 23:00-05:00 |
And in English, the starting and ending times are way more flexible than in the tables above:
| English | Period |
|---|---|
| Morning | sunrise-noon |
| Afternoon | noon-sunset |
| Evening | sunset-twilight-end |
| Night | sunset-sunrise |
Via:
- [Archive.is] Harald Sass on Twitter: “@jpluimers @We_vs_leukemia Mittag means noon. Vormittag means pre noon. Morgens 5 to 10 Vormittag 10 to 12 Mittag 12 to 14 Nachmittag 14 to 18 Abends 18 to 23 Nacht 23 to 5 Of course, there are some hours give or take to that list (I would call 9:30 Vormittag).” / Twitter
- [Archive.is] die_AfD_muss_weg on Twitter: “@jpluimers @We_vs_leukemia Vormittag is the time roughly between ~0900 and ~1200. Morgen ~0600 – ~0900 Vormittag ⬆️ Mittag = lunchtime – ~ 1500 Nachmittag ~ 1500 – ~1900 Abend ~1900 – ~2200 Nacht 2200 – 0600 each time +/- one hour 🙄” / Twitter
–jeroen
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