NuanceDeckРусский

russian word

night in Russian: ночь

nounfemlevel A1#236 by frequency

every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum

Всю ночь шёл дождь, и утром улицы были мокрые. It rained all night, and in the morning the streets were wet.

Спокойной ночи, до завтра. Good night, see you tomorrow.

Днём я работаю, а ночью я сплю. During the day I work, and at night I sleep.

Ночью в городе тихо, все люди спят. At night it is quiet in the city, all the people are sleeping.

What does ночь mean in Russian?

01

night (the dark part of the day)

Всю ночь шёл дождь, и утром улицы были мокрые.

It rained all night, and in the morning the streets were wet.

Спокойной ночи, до завтра.

Good night, see you tomorrow.

02

at night, during the night (the instrumental form used as a time adverb)

Днём я работаю, а ночью я сплю.

During the day I work, and at night I sleep.

Ночью в городе тихо, все люди спят.

At night it is quiet in the city, all the people are sleeping.

Declension of ночь

Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.

singularplural
nomночьночи
genночиночей
datночиночам
accночьночи
insночьюночами
prepночиночах

Used in expressions

спокойной ночиgood night (said when parting at night or before someone goes to sleep)