"Good evening, goodbye."
Translation:Godaften, farvel.
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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?
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)
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.
