"Good evening, goodbye."

Translation: Godaften, farvel.

[abtamblyn]

question about godaften. seeing as all time after midday is afternoon and evening only means after 6pm wouldn't godaften mean good afternoon? not good evening?

[deactivated user]

These are circa numbers:

Kl. 06-9 er det morgen => godmorgen

Kl. 9-12 er det formiddag => godformiddag

Omkring klokken 12 er det middag

Kl. 12-18 er det eftermiddag => godeftermiddag

Kl. 18-24 er det aften => godaften

Kl. 24-06 er det nat. (But you only say godnat when you are going to bed, not as a greeting)

[Jaid.]

In this case 'aften' is a false cognate. It might sound like English 'after…' but it is actually a cognate with English 'even(ing)' (compare German 'Abend', ' Old Norse 'aptann', Old English 'ǽfen'). So it may sound like 'good after(noon)', but 'godaften' refers better to evening.

[FionaOnDuoL]

Yes, I found that a helpful point, thank you.

[ancientangst]

Godaften, hej hej works also!