mandag

See also: måndag

Danish

"Mandag". Opening hours for a Danish library displayed on a window with "Mandag" near the top.

Etymology

From Old Danish mandagh, from Old Norse mánadagr, from late Proto-Germanic *mēniniz dagaz, a calque of Latin dies lunae. Compare Norwegian Bokmål mandag, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk måndag, Icelandic mánudagur, Faroese mánadagur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmanˀda/
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

mandag c (singular definite mandagen, plural indefinite mandage)

  1. Monday

Inflection

See also

(days of the week) ugedag; mandag, tirsdag, onsdag, torsdag, fredag, lørdag, søndag (Category: da:Days of the week)


Dutch

Etymology

Equivalent to man (man) + dag (day).

Noun

mandag m (plural mandaggen, diminutive mandagje n)

  1. (unit of measurement) one day of labour by one person; a man-day

Usage notes

Not to be confused with maandag (Monday).


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mánadagr, from late Proto-Germanic *mēniniz dagaz, a calque of Latin dies lunae. Compare Danish mandag, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk måndag, Icelandic mánudagur, Faroese mánadagur.

Noun

mandag m (definite singular mandagen, indefinite plural mandager, definite plural mandagene)

  1. Monday

See also

(days of the week) ukedag; mandag, tirsdag, onsdag, torsdag, fredag, lørdag, søndag (Category: nb:Days of the week)

References


Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse mánadagr, from late Proto-Germanic *mēniniz dagaz, a calque of Latin dies lunae. Compare Danish mandag, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk måndag, Icelandic mánudagur, Faroese mánadagur.

Pronunciation

Noun

mandag m

  1. Monday
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