Dag

Dag

1. (Upper Saxon) day

• Dach
• Dagg

From Middle Low German dach, dag, from Old Saxon dag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Cognate to German Tag.

Dag m (plural Daag' or Daag or Daog or Doage or Doag' or Doag or Dạg' or Dag' or Dag)

1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) day

(days of the week)

• Maandag / Moondag
• Dingsdag
• Woonsdag, Goonsdag
• Donnerdag / Donnersdag, Dönnerdag / Dönnersdag, Dunnerdag / Dunnersdag, Dünnerdag / Dünnersdag
• Meddewääk / Meddeweek, Merrwääk / Merrweek, Middewääk / Middeweek
• Freedag / Friedag
• Saterdag, Sünnavend / Sünnovend
• Sünndag

Dag m

1. inflection of Dach:
   1. dative singular
   2. plural

From Middle High German dach, from Old High German *dag, northern variant of tag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.

The plural Deeg is derived from the singular with a secondary umlaut. But compare Do, the regular outcome of the older plural and dative singular. Cognate with German Tag, Dutch dag, English day, Icelandic dagur.

• IPA^(key): /daːχ/
• Rhymes: -aːχ
• Homophone: Daach

Dag m (plural Deeg)

1. day

• deeglaang
• deeglech
• Gebuertsdag

• Do

From Old Norse Dagr, from dagr (“day”), whence also dag. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Dagur, and Swedish and Danish Dag.

Dag m

1. a male given name from Old Norse, meaning “day”
2. (Norse mythology) Dagr, the personification of the day

• (male given names): Dagfinn
• (female given names): Dagmar, Dagny

• Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
• Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 76
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  Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.* Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 744 males with the given name Dag living in Norway on January 1st 2024, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19th May, 2024.

• Daag

Compare German Tag, Dutch dag, English day.

Dag m (plural Dag or Dage)

1. Alternative form of Daag

From Old Norse dagr (“day”), with identical meaning in modern Swedish. A runic name revived since 1863.

• IPA^(key): /dɑːɡ/

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Dag c (genitive Dags)

1. a male given name

• (female names) Dagmar, Dagny