onsdag

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːnˀsda/, [ˈo̝nˀsd̥æ]
• Rhymes: -a

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

See also

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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.

See also

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

References

• “onsdag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “onsdag” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

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

See also

• (days of the week) vekedagar; sundag/søndag, måndag, tysdag, onsdag/mekedag, torsdag, fredag, laurdag ^{(Category: nn:Days of the week)}

References

• “onsdag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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 (now generally considered the third day of the week in non-religious contexts in Sweden)

   Vi träffades i onsdags

   We met this / last Wednesday

Declension

Declension of onsdag

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	onsdag	onsdags
	definite	onsdagen	onsdagens
plural	indefinite	onsdagar	onsdagars
	definite	onsdagarna	onsdagarnas

Derived terms

• askonsdag
• dymmelonsdag

See also

• (days of the week) veckodagar; måndag, tisdag, onsdag, torsdag, fredag, lördag, söndag ^{(Category: sv:Days of the week)}
• lillördag

References

• onsdag in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• onsdag in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• onsdag in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• onsdag in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)