tirsdag

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish tisdagh, from Old Norse tý(r)sdagr. from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag, cognate with English Tuesday.

A compound of Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz (“Tyr”) + *dagaz (“day”), a calque of Latin diēs Mārtis (literally “day of Mars”), which is itself a calque of Ancient Greek ἡμέρα Ἄρεως (hēméra Áreōs, literally “day of Ares”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɐ̯ˀsda/, [ˈtsʰiɒ̯̽ˀsd̥æ]
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

tirsdag c (singular definite tirsdagen, plural indefinite tirsdage)

1. Tuesday

Declension

Declension of tirsdag

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tirsdag	tirsdagen	tirsdage	tirsdagene
genitive	tirsdags	tirsdagens	tirsdages	tirsdagenes

See also

• days of the week: ugedage (appendix): mandag · tirsdag · onsdag · torsdag · fredag · lørdag · søndag ^[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish tirsdag, from Old Norse týsdagr, týrsdagr, from Týr (“Tyr”) and dagr (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag, a calque of Latin dies Martis.

Noun

tirsdag m (definite singular tirsdagen, indefinite plural tirsdager, definite plural tirsdagene)

1. Tuesday

See also

• tysdag (Nynorsk)

• days of the week (appendix): ukedager · mandag · tirsdag · onsdag · torsdag · fredag · lørdag · søndag ^[edit]

References

• “tirsdag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.