abendmusik

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Abendmusik (literally “evening music”); Abend (“evening”) + Musik (“music”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.bəntˌmuˌzik/

Noun

abendmusik (countable and uncountable, plural abendmusiken)

1. An evening performance of religious music.
2. Music for such a performance.

References

• Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 3