woensdag

See also: Woensdag

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch woensdach, from Old Dutch *wuodenesdag, from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag (“day of Woden”), calque of Latin dies Mercurii.

Woden or Wodan was the supreme Germanic god.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋunz.dɑx/

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• Hyphenation: woens‧dag

Noun

woensdag m (plural woensdagen, diminutive woensdagje n)

1. Wednesday

Derived terms

• Aswoensdag
• Woen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: Woensdag
• Jersey Dutch: Wônsdix
• Negerhollands: wuensdag, woensdag
• → Lokono: wunsdakha, onsdakha
• → Mohegan-Pequot: wonsartar

See also

• (days of the week) dag van de week; maandag, dinsdag, woensdag, donderdag, vrijdag, zaterdag, zondag ^{(Category: nl:Days of the week)}

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Dutch Low Saxon

Alternative forms

• woonsdag (Twents, Veluws, New Saxon Spelling)
• wonsdag (Drents, Gronings)

Noun

woensdag

1. (Gronings, Stellingwerfs, Sallands, Twents, Veluws) Wednesday

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West Flemish

Alternative forms

• oensdag

Etymology

From Middle Dutch woensdach, from Old Dutch *wuodenesdag, from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag (“day of Woden”), calque of Latin dies Mercurii.

Noun

woensdag m

1. Wednesday