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-West Germanic *mānini dag, a calque of Latin dies lunae. Compare Norwegian Bokmål mandag, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk måndag, Icelandic mánudagur, Faroese mánadagur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanˀda/, [ˈmænˀdæ]
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

mandag c (singular definite mandagen, plural indefinite mandage)

1. Monday

Inflection

Declension of mandag

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mandag	mandagen	mandage	mandagene
genitive	mandags	mandagens	mandages	mandagenes

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

   Synonym: persoonsdag

   Het project zal naar schatting 1000 mandagen aan werk kosten.

   The project is estimated to require 1000 man-days of work.

   Voor dit bouwproject zijn er minstens 50 mandagen nodig om het af te ronden.

   This construction project requires at least 50 man-days to complete.

   Het team werkte met een inzet van 5 mandagen om het probleem op te lossen.

   The team worked with a commitment of 5 man-days to solve the problem.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with maandag (“Monday”).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish mandag, from Old Norse mánadagr, from late Proto-West Germanic *mānini dag, 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

• måndag (Nynorsk)

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

References

• “mandag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.