hverdag

Danish

Etymology

Compound of hver (“every”) +‎ dag (“day”), from Old Norse hverr (“every”) dagr (“day”). Semantic shift of uncertain origin. Probably, from the original meaning "every day which is not a holy day". Plausibly under the influence of similar-sounding German "Werktag". Cognate with Swedish vardag and Norwegian Nynorsk kvardag, both with the same meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvæɐ̯ˌdæˀ]

Noun

hverdag c (singular definite hverdagen, plural indefinite hverdage)

1. weekday, working day

Declension

Declension of hverdag

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hverdag	hverdagen	hverdage	hverdagene
genitive	hverdags	hverdagens	hverdages	hverdagenes

Further reading

• “hverdag” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish hverdag. Compound of hver (“every”) +‎ dag (“day”), from Old Norse hverr (“every”) dagr (“day”). Semantic shift of uncertain origin. Probably, from the original meaning "every day which is not a holy day". Plausibly under the influence of similar-sounding German "Werktag".

Noun

hverdag m (definite singular hverdagen, indefinite plural hverdager, definite plural hverdagene)

1. weekday, working day

Derived terms

• hverdagslig
• hverdagsliv
• hverdagsspråk

See also

• kvardag (Nynorsk)

References

• “hverdag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “hverdag” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).