hverdag

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Danish

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Etymology

Compound of hver (“every”) +‎ dag (“day”), from Old Norse hverr (“every”) dagr (“day”). Semantic shift of uncertain origin. Probably, from the original meaning "every day which is not a holy day". Plausibly under the influence of similar-sounding German "Werktag". Cognate with Swedish vardag and Norwegian Nynorsk kvardag, both with the same meaning.

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Noun

hverdag c (singular definite hverdagen, plural indefinite hverdage)

  1. weekday, working day

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Danish hverdag. Compound of hver (“every”) +‎ dag (“day”), from Old Norse hverr (“every”) dagr (“day”). Semantic shift of uncertain origin. Probably, from the original meaning "every day which is not a holy day". Plausibly under the influence of similar-sounding German "Werktag".

Noun

hverdag m (definite singular hverdagen, indefinite plural hverdager, definite plural hverdagene)

  1. weekday, working day

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