goodnight
RedewendungSubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen
An instance of saying “good night”; a nighttime farewell.
Redewendung
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Variante von good nightAlternative spelling of good night.
I pray you ſpeake not: he growes worſe & worſe / Queſtion enrages him: at once, goodnight.
So goodnight to you—and goodnight, Councilor.
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Herkunft
From good + night.
Substantiv
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An instance of saying “good night”; a nighttime farewell.
At last the pupils had all taken their hats and said their “Goodnights,” and Adam, knowing his old master's habits, rose and said, “Shall I put the candles out, Mr. Massey?”
The afternoon passed into evening, and the sparrows began to twitter their goodnights in their lodgings on the roof and crevices of the chimney; […]
George wakes, hearing the confused goodnights of the departing guests.
Ray and Josh spoke their goodnights.
Verb
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Variante von good-nightAlternative spelling of good-night.
With each one goodnighted / Including the pup, / Baby is sleeping / Bottom up.
Then he goodnighted me, I changed into pyjamas and in a trice was sleeping the sleep of the unjust, which is quite as dreamless as the sleep of the just if the unjust sleeper has a litre of Red Hackle on his bedside table.
After eight hours of intense viewing, o-o-hing, and scribbling down plant names and ideas, a spent group of participants returned to our cars, goodnighted, and went our separate ways.
Formen
- Plural
- goodnights
- Präteritum
- goodnighted
- Partizip II
- goodnighted
- Partizip I
- goodnighting
- 3. Person Singular
- goodnights
goodnight · An instance of saying “good night”; a nighttime farewell.
Goodnight · A surname.goods · That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then…goodwill · A favorably disposed attitude toward someone or something.