Ziestag

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German

Etymology

Middle High German ziestac, from Old High German ziestag, ciesdac, from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag (literally “Tiw's day”), a calque of Latin diēs Mārtis (literally “day of Mars”). Cognate with English Tuesday, West Frisian tiisdei, Swedish tisdag.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡siːstaːk/

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Noun

Ziestag m (strong, genitive Ziestages or Ziestags, plural Ziestage)

(regional, chiefly obsolete) Tuesday
Synonym: Dienstag

Declension

Declension of Ziestag

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ziestag	die	Ziestage
genitive	eines	des	Ziestages, Ziestags	der	Ziestage
dative	einem	dem	Ziestag, Ziestage¹	den	Ziestagen
accusative	einen	den	Ziestag	die	Ziestage

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

“Ziestag” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
“Zîstag”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache (in German), volume 12, 1961, column 1061

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