onsdag

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Danish

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Etymology

From Old Danish othænsdagh, from Old Norse óðinsdagr, from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag, a calque of the Latin dies Mercurii (“Wednesday”).

Pronunciation

Noun

onsdag c (singular definite onsdagen, plural indefinite onsdage)

  1. Wednesday

Inflection

Declension of onsdag
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative onsdag onsdagen onsdage onsdagene
genitive onsdags onsdagens onsdages onsdagenes

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Old Norse óðinsdagr (“Odin's day”), corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag.

Noun

onsdag m (definite singular onsdagen, indefinite plural onsdager, definite plural onsdagene)

  1. Wednesday, the third day of the week according to the ISO 8601 standard.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Old Norse óðinsdagr (“Odin's day”), corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag.

Noun

onsdag m (definite singular onsdagen, indefinite plural onsdagar, definite plural onsdagane)

  1. Wednesday, the third day of the week.
    Synonym: mekedag

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Swedish

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈʊnsdɑːɡ/, /ˈʊnsda/
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Noun

onsdag c

  1. Wednesday. The third day of the week (according to the ISO 8601 standard).

Declension

Declension of onsdag 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative onsdag onsdagen onsdagar onsdagarna
Genitive onsdags onsdagens onsdagars onsdagarnas

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