Fenstertag

German

Etymology

Fenster (“window”) +‎ Tag (“day”), literally “window day”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛnstɐˌtaːk/

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• Hyphenation: Fens‧ter‧tag

Noun

Fenstertag m (strong, genitive Fenstertages or Fenstertags, plural Fenstertage)

1. (Austria) a day which, if taken off work, results in a long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred

Declension

Declension of Fenstertag [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Fenstertag	die	Fenstertage
genitive	eines	des	Fenstertages, Fenstertags	der	Fenstertage
dative	einem	dem	Fenstertag, Fenstertage1	den	Fenstertagen
accusative	einen	den	Fenstertag	die	Fenstertage

¹Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms

• Brückentag, Zwickeltag