Vocabulary
nachts
· adverb
at night, during the night
Night shifts, night buses and sleepless hours: „Ich arbeite nachts.“ — like morgens, mittags and abends.
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nachts
at night, during the night
Sie arbeitet nachts im Krankenhaus, von neun Uhr abends bis sechs Uhr morgens.
She works nights at the hospital, from nine in the evening until six in the morning.
Word family
nachtsdie Nachtnight
Similar & opposite
≈ Synonyms
in der Nacht
↔ Opposites
tagsüber
Common learner mistakes
- Ich arbeite Nachts.Ich arbeite nachts.With -s it's an adverb, so it's lowercase — like morgens and abends. Only the noun is capitalised: die Nacht, in der Nacht.
Real examples
- Sie arbeitet nachts im Krankenhaus, von neun Uhr abends bis sechs Uhr morgens.She works nights at the hospital, from nine in the evening until six in the morning.
- Nachts ist die Straße ganz ruhig.At night the street is very quiet.
- Um drei Uhr nachts klingelt das Telefon.At three in the morning the phone rings.
