Alltag

German

Etymology

From Middle High German altac, alltag, alletag; also analysed as All (“all”) +‎ Tag (“day”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard (Northern)) IPA^(key): /ˈaltaːk/, [ˈʔaltʰaːkʰ]
• (Standard (Southern)) IPA^(key): /ˈaltaːɡ/, [ˈaltaːɡ̊]
• (Colloquial Northern) IPA^(key): /ˈaltak/, [ˈʔaltʰaχ]

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Noun

Alltag m (strong, genitive Alltages or Alltags, no plural)

1. everyday life

Declension

Declension of Alltag [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Alltag
genitive	eines	des	Alltages, Alltags
dative	einem	dem	Alltag, Alltage1
accusative	einen	den	Alltag

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• alltäglich
• Alltagstrott

Further reading

• “Alltag” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Alltag” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Alltag” in Duden online
• Alltag on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de