vierzehn Tage

German

Alternative forms

14 Tage

Noun

(archaic) a fortnight, fourteen days, two weeks

Usage notes

In traditional and dialectal use, this was a set phrase, and it was possible to speak of "eine vierzehn Tage" (a fortnight) or "drei vierzehn Tage" (three fortnights, or six weeks).^[1]^[2] In current Standard German, these would be "zwei Wochen" and "sechs Wochen" respectively.

Declension

Declension of vierzehn Tage [pl-only]

	plural
	def.	noun
nominative	die	vierzehn Tage
genitive	der	vierzehn Tage
dative	den	vierzehn Tagen
accusative	die	vierzehn Tage

References

^ 1807, Joachim Heinrich Campe, Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, page 836
^ 1854, Jacob Grimm, Deutsche Rechtsalterthümer, page 222

[1] 1807, Joachim Heinrich Campe, Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, page 836

[2] 1854, Jacob Grimm, Deutsche Rechtsalterthümer, page 222

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