D-dagen

Norwegian Bokmål

Amerikanske soldater stormer Omaha Beach den 6. juni 1944, populært kalt D-dagen. — American soldiers storm Omaha Beach the 6th of July 1994, popularly called D-Day.

Etymology

From English D-Day, where the D refers to the word dag (“day”), from Old Norse dagr (“day”), from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, to be illuminated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːdɑːɡn̩/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɡn̩
• Hyphenation: D‧dag‧en
• Homophone: DD

Proper noun

D-dagen

1. (historical) D-Day (the 6 June 1944, the date during World War II when the Allies invaded western Europe.)

   D-dagen er relatert til andre verdenskrig

   D-Day is related to World War 2

See also

• klokken H (“H-hour”)

Noun

D-dagen m

1. definite singular of D-dag

References

• “D-dagen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “D-dagen” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• gadden