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Wotanstag

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German

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Etymology

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From Wotan (Odin) +‎ -s- +‎ Tag (day), a learned calque of Middle Low German wôdenesdach and other descendants of Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag. Doublet of earlier Wodenstag, which is directly from Middle Low German. Compare English Wednesday.

Noun

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Wotanstag m (strong, genitive Wotanstags or Wotanstages, plural Wotanstage)

  1. (rare, learned, Germanophile) Wednesday

Declension

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