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russian word

evening in Russian: вечер

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

По вечерам мы любим гулять вдоль реки. In the evenings we like to walk along the river.

Был тёплый летний вечер, и окна стояли открытыми. It was a warm summer evening, and the windows were open.

В субботу в библиотеке состоится литературный вечер. On Saturday there will be a literary evening at the library.

Мы пригласили друзей на тихий семейный вечер. We invited our friends to a quiet family evening.

Утром я работаю, а вечером отдыхаю. In the morning I work, and in the evening I rest.

Вечером я читаю книгу дома. In the evening I read a book at home.

What does вечер mean in Russian?

01

evening (time of day)

По вечерам мы любим гулять вдоль реки.

In the evenings we like to walk along the river.

Был тёплый летний вечер, и окна стояли открытыми.

It was a warm summer evening, and the windows were open.

02

an evening event, party, or soirée

В субботу в библиотеке состоится литературный вечер.

On Saturday there will be a literary evening at the library.

Мы пригласили друзей на тихий семейный вечер.

We invited our friends to a quiet family evening.

03

in the evening, during the evening (the instrumental form used as a time adverb)

Утром я работаю, а вечером отдыхаю.

In the morning I work, and in the evening I rest.

Вечером я читаю книгу дома.

In the evening I read a book at home.

Declension of вечер

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

singularplural
nomвечервечера
genвечеравечеров
datвечерувечерам
accвечервечера
insвечеромвечерами
prepвечеревечерах

Used in expressions

добрый вечерgood evening (greeting used when meeting someone in the evening)