dymmelonsdag

Swedish

Etymology

dymmel +‎ onsdag. The name comes from the tradition in Scandinavia to replace metal clappers in the church bells with dowels in order to give them a more muted sound.

Noun

dymmelonsdag c

1. Holy Wednesday (the Wednesday before Easter Sunday)

Declension

Declension of dymmelonsdag

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dymmelonsdag	dymmelonsdags
	definite	dymmelonsdagen	dymmelonsdagens
plural	indefinite	dymmelonsdagar	dymmelonsdagars
	definite	dymmelonsdagarna	dymmelonsdagarnas

Related terms

• dymmelveckan

References

• dymmelonsdag in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dymmelonsdag in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dymmelonsdag in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)