Why is "eines" genitive in "eines frühen Abends"?

Asked Apr 27 '19 at 13:18

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This is a line from "Der Vorleser" by Bernhard Schlink:

Eines frühen Abends im Februar hörte ich eine Amsel singen.

One early evening in February I heard a blackbird singing.

eines (masc+genitive+singular)

frühen (masc+genetive+singular)

Abends(m) (genitive+singular)

Why is the eines in the genitive? "One" is not belonging to anything.

Why isn't it like this:

einer frühen Abends

This is a sentence from one of my textbooks:

einer meiner Handschuhe fehlt

one of my gloves is missing

The "einer" in this sentence in masculine and nominative.

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Thanks for the help. I was confusing the pronoun "einer" meaning "one of" with the article "ein" meaning "a" or "one".

edited Apr 28 '19 at 11:46

asked Apr 27 '19 at 13:18

Richard

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Please, be more careful, unless you don't care about careless answers. Begin with the book title; it is Der Vorleser. – Björn Friedrich Apr 27 '19 at 13:26
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"einer frühen Abends" is totally wrong. Should be eines frühen Abends. – πάντα ῥεῖ Apr 27 '19 at 14:09
In “einer meiner Handschuhe”, “einer” just means “one”, The “of” is expressed by the genitive in “meiner Handschuhe”. – Carsten S Apr 27 '19 at 20:03

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