onsdag
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Danish othænsdagh, from Old Norse óðinsdagr, from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag, a calque of the Latin dies Mercurii (“Wednesday”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]onsdag c (singular definite onsdagen, plural indefinite onsdage)
Inflection
[edit]common gender |
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | onsdag | onsdagen | onsdage | onsdagene |
genitive | onsdags | onsdagens | onsdages | onsdagenes |
See also
[edit]- days of the week: ugedage (appendix): mandag · tirsdag · onsdag · torsdag · fredag · lørdag · søndag [edit]
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse óðinsdagr (“Odin's day”), corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag.
Noun
[edit]onsdag m (definite singular onsdagen, indefinite plural onsdager, definite plural onsdagene)
See also
[edit]- days of the week (appendix): ukedager · mandag · tirsdag · onsdag · torsdag · fredag · lørdag · søndag [edit]
References
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse óðinsdagr (“Odin's day”), corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag.
Noun
[edit]onsdag m (definite singular onsdagen, indefinite plural onsdagar, definite plural onsdagane)
See also
[edit]- days of the week: vekedagar (appendix): sundag~søndag · måndag · tysdag · onsdag/mekedag · torsdag · fredag · laurdag [edit]
References
[edit]- “onsdag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The word is originally a short form for Odens dag, meaning day of Oden. (Note: "Oden" and "Odin" are alternative spellings of the same name.) From Old Swedish oþinsdagher, from Old Norse óðinsdagr (“Odin's day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]onsdag c
- Wednesday (now generally considered the third day of the week in non-religious contexts in Sweden)
- Vi träffades i onsdags
- We met this / last Wednesday
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | onsdag | onsdags |
definite | onsdagen | onsdagens | |
plural | indefinite | onsdagar | onsdagars |
definite | onsdagarna | onsdagarnas |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- days of the week: veckodagar (appendix): måndag · tisdag · onsdag · torsdag · fredag · lördag · söndag [edit]
- lillördag
References
[edit]- Danish terms derived from Old Danish
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Danish terms derived from Latin
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Danish/a
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Days of the week
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Days of the week
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Days of the week
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- sv:Days of the week