fredag
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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse frjádagr, borrowed from Old Saxon *frīadag or Old Frisian frīadei, from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag, cognate with English Friday, German Freitag, Dutch vrijdag and ultimately a calque of Latin diēs Veneris (“day of Venus”), which is itself a calque of Ancient Greek ἡμέρα Ἀφροδίτης (hēméra Aphrodítēs, “day of Aphrodite”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fredag c (singular definite fredagen, plural indefinite fredage)
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fredag | fredagen | fredage | fredagene |
| genitive | fredags | fredagens | fredages | fredagenes |
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse frjádagr, from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag (“day of Frigg”), a Germanic calque of the Latin dies Veneris (“friday”).
Noun
fredag m (definite singular fredagen, indefinite plural fredager, definite plural fredagene)
Derived terms
See also
References
- “fredag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse frjádagr, from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag (“day of Frigg”), a Germanic calque of the Latin dies Veneris (“friday”).
Noun
fredag m (definite singular fredagen, indefinite plural fredagar, definite plural fredagane)
Derived terms
See also
References
- “fredag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse frjádagr, from late Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag (“day of Frigg”), a Germanic calque of the Latin dies Veneris (“friday”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fredag c
- Friday (now generally considered the fifth day of the week in non-religious contexts in Sweden)
- Fredag den trettonde ses som en otursdag av många.
- Friday the thirteenth is considered an unlucky day by many.
- Vi träffades i fredags
- We met this / last Friday
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | fredag | fredags |
| definite | fredagen | fredagens | |
| plural | indefinite | fredagar | fredagars |
| definite | fredagarna | fredagarnas |
Derived terms
- fredagschips
- fredagsmys
- fredagstacos
- långfredag
See also
References
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