fredag

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈfreːˀda/, [ˈfʁɛ̝(j)ˀd̥æ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

fredag c (singular definite fredagen, plural indefinite fredage)

  1. Friday

Declension

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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)

  1. Friday

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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)

  1. Friday

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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

  • IPA(key): /ˈfreːdɑːɡ/, /ˈfreːda/
  • (file)

Noun

fredag c

  1. Friday. The fifth day of the week (according to the ISO 8601 standard).
    Fredag den trettonde ses som en otursdag av många.
    Friday the thirteenth is considered an unlucky day by many.

Declension

Declension of fredag 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fredag fredagen fredagar fredagarna
Genitive fredags fredagens fredagars fredagarnas

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