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]
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Declension
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fredag | fredagen | fredage | fredagene |
genitive | fredags | fredagens | fredages | fredagenes |
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”).
Derived terms
See also
References
- “fredag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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”).
Derived terms
See also
References
- “fredag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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/
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Noun
fredag c
Declension
Declension of fredag | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | fredag | fredagen | fredagar | fredagarna |
Genitive | fredags | fredagens | fredagars | fredagarnas |
Derived terms
- fredagschips
- fredagsmys
- fredagstacos
- långfredag
See also
Further reading
- fredag in Svensk ordbok.