dwudzionek

Polish

Etymology

From dwu- +‎ dzionek. The word dwudzionek was entered in a contest, organized by the editors of Goniec Warszawski in 1937, aimed at replacing the borrowing weekend. However, it did not gain the approval of the jury, which chose the word wyraj, expressing the hope that it would catch on in colloquial speech, which, however, did not happen. In 2017, dwudzionek was submitted to the plebiscite for the Youth Word of the Year, organized by the Polish Scientific Publishers PWN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dvuˈd͡ʑɔ.nɛk/

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• Rhymes: -ɔnɛk
• Syllabification: dwu‧dzio‧nek

Noun

dwudzionek m inan

1. (humorous, neologism) weekend (break in the working week)

   Synonym: weekend

Declension

Declension of dwudzionek

	singular	plural
nominative	dwudzionek	dwudzionki
genitive	dwudzionka	dwudzionków
dative	dwudzionkowi	dwudzionkom
accusative	dwudzionek	dwudzionki
instrumental	dwudzionkiem	dwudzionkami
locative	dwudzionku	dwudzionkach
vocative	dwudzionku	dwudzionki

Further reading

• dwudzionek in Polish dictionaries at PWN