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weekend

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See also: Weekend and week-end

English

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Etymology

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From week +‎ end. Originally a Northern England regionalism (see 1903 quotation), in more general use from late 19th century.[1][2] Compare Saterland Frisian Wiekeneende (“weekend”), West Frisian wykein (“weekend”), Dutch weekeinde (“weekend”), German Low German Wekenenn (“weekend”), German Wochenende (“weekend”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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weekend (plural weekends)

  1. The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday.
    • 1874 July–December, W. Senior, “With the Herring Fleet”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, page 704:
      “They can live upon barley-meal without a morsel of meat from week-end to week-end, can these miserable Sawnies,” quoth another.
    • 1903, Francis Markham with Sir Clements Robert Markham, Recollections of a town boy at Westminster, 1849–1855, page 34:
      […] often took a few boys down there for what we North Country folk call the week-end — Saturday and Sunday; it was also used as a sanatorium if required.
    • 1921 June 21, The Earl of Oxford and Asquith, K.G., chapter XX, in Memories and Reflections 1852–1927, volume 2, Cassell and Company, published 1928, →OCLC, page 197:
      I love a phrase of Dizzy's in one of his later letters to Lady Bradford, whom he reproaches for her addiction to what we now call week-end visits to country houses: “the monotony of organized platitude.”
    • 2023 July 10, Alyx Gorman, Yvonne C Lam, “Explain it to me quickly: What is a TikTok ‘girl dinner’ and should I eat one tonight?”, in The Guardian‎[1], archived from the original on 1 August 2023, retrieved 10 July 2023:
      Yes. Though based on my thorough sampling of the trend, cold pork pies are tragically absent from girl dinner plates. Perhaps because, as noted by many TikTok users – and over the weekend both Today and the New York Times – many of these girl dinners are “suspiciously low cal”.

Usage notes

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  • Historically in North America and parts of Europe, people would often work on Saturday as well, or at least until noon on Saturday. Thus the “weekend” might begin at noon or later on Saturday in older texts.

To describe the soonest upcoming weekend:

  • (UK, New Zealand) “at the weekend”, “on the weekend”, “this weekend”, “for the weekend”
    • 1886, New Zealand Parliament, “Parliamentary debates”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 324, page 2371:
      Let them work at their ordinary jobs during the week, and then take them out of circulation at the weekend, which is usually the time when the trouble is ...
    • 2009, Great Britain House of Commons: Business and Enterprise Committee, “Pre-appointment Hearing with the Chairman-elect of Ofcom, Dr. Colette Bowe”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 16:
      Whether it is on the BBC, ITV or commercial radio does not really matter. ...can give you a radio example of two things I was listening to at the weekend.
  • (Australia, US, Canada) “on the weekend”, “this weekend”, “for the weekend” (“at the weekend” is not used)
    • 2002, United States Senate: Committee on Armed Services, Department of Defense authorization for appropriations for fiscal year 2002, page 722:
      I am going to Moscow on the weekend to participate in the discussion, ...

Derived terms

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Translations

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Verb

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weekend (third-person singular simple present weekends, present participle weekending, simple past and past participle weekended)

  1. To spend the weekend.
    We'll weekend at the beach.

Adjective

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weekend (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to or for the weekend.
    I'm wearing my weekend shoes.
  2. Occurring at the weekend.
    a weekend break

Translations

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References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “weekend”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ “weekend, week-end”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.

Further reading

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English weekend.

Displaced native Danish helg (“holiday, weekend”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈviːˌɡ̊ɛnˀd̥], [ˈʋiːˌɡ̊ɛnˀd̥], [ˈwiːˌɡ̊ɛnd̥]

Noun

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weekend c (singular definite weekenden, plural indefinite weekender)

  1. weekend

Inflection

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Declension of weekend
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative weekend weekenden weekender weekenderne
genitive weekends weekendens weekenders weekendernes

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English weekend.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋikɛnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: week‧end

Noun

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weekend n (plural weekenden or weekends, diminutive weekendje n)

  1. weekend
    Synonym: weekeinde

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French

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from English weekend.

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    Noun

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    weekend m (plural weekends)

    1. post-1990 spelling of week-end
      Synonym: fin de semaine

    Italian

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    Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia it

    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    Unadapted borrowing from English weekend.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    weekend m (invariable)

    1. weekend
      Synonym: fine settimana

    References

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    1. ^ “week-end” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

    Polish

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    Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia pl

    Etymology

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      Unadapted borrowing from English weekend.

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      Noun

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      weekend m inan (related adjective weekendowy)

      1. weekend (break in the working week)
        Synonym: dwudzionek

      Declension

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      Declension of weekend
      singular plural
      nominative weekend weekendy
      genitive weekendu weekendów
      dative weekendowi weekendom
      accusative weekend weekendy
      instrumental weekendem weekendami
      locative weekendzie weekendach
      vocative weekendzie weekendy

      Derived terms

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      noun
      verb
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      adverb

      Further reading

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      • “weekend”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
      • “weekend”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish)

      Romanian

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      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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        Unadapted borrowing from English weekend. First attested in 1970.

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        weekend n (plural weekenduri)

        1. weekend

        Declension

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        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative weekend weekendul weekenduri weekendurile
        genitive-dative weekend weekendului weekenduri weekendurilor
        vocative weekendule weekendurilor

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        Swedish

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        Etymology

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        From English weekend.

        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /wiːk.ɛnd/, /viːk.ɛnd/

        Noun

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        weekend c

        1. a weekend (break in the working week)

        Declension

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        Declension of weekend
        nominative genitive
        singular indefinite weekend weekends
        definite weekenden weekendens
        plural indefinite weekender weekenders
        definite weekenderna weekendernas

        Synonyms

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