Donnerstag

German

Etymology

From Middle High German donerstac, from Old High German donarestag, thonarestag (11th c.), from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”). Compare Bavarian Dunnersdåg, Low German Dunnersdag, Dutch donderdag, West Frisian tongersdei, English Thursday, Danish torsdag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔnɐsˌtaːk/ (standard)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔnɐsˌtax/ (northern Germany and parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial)
• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔnɐsˌtaːx/ (parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial)

Noun

Donnerstag m (strong, genitive Donnerstages or Donnerstags, plural Donnerstage)

1. Thursday

Declension

Declension of Donnerstag [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Donnerstag	die	Donnerstage
genitive	eines	des	Donnerstages, Donnerstags	der	Donnerstage
dative	einem	dem	Donnerstag, Donnerstage1	den	Donnerstagen
accusative	einen	den	Donnerstag	die	Donnerstage

¹Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms

• (primarily Bavarian) Pfinztag

Derived terms

• Donnerstagabend
• Donnerstagausgabe
• Donnerstagmittag
• Donnerstagmorgen
• Donnerstagnachmittag
• Donnerstagnacht
• donnerstags
• Donnerstagsausgabe
• Donnerstagvormittag
• Fettdonnerstag
• Gründonnerstag
• Schwerdonnerstag

See also

• days of the week: Tage der Woche (appendix): Montag · Dienstag · Mittwoch · Donnerstag · Freitag · Samstag/Sonnabend · Sonntag ^[edit]

Further reading

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