Dienstag

German

Etymology

Spread via the Lower Rhineland from Middle Low German dingesdach and Middle Dutch dinsendach (both with variants). Probably from Proto-Germanic *þingsaz-dagaz (“Day of Thingsus”), from *þingsaz + *dagaz. Thingsus is the attested Latin name of a Germanic god who may or may not be the same as Tiw. Further particulars unsettled. Another theory is that it is the “Day of the Thing (“historic Germanic council”)”. Dienstag is cognate with Dutch dinsdag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːnsˌtaːk/ (standard)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːnsˌtax/ (northern Germany and parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial)
• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːnsˌtaːx/ (parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial)

• Homophone: Diensttag (except possibly in very careful speech)

Noun

Dienstag m (strong, genitive Dienstages or Dienstags, plural Dienstage)

1. Tuesday

Declension

Declension of Dienstag [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Dienstag	die	Dienstage
genitive	eines	des	Dienstages, Dienstags	der	Dienstage
dative	einem	dem	Dienstag, Dienstage1	den	Dienstagen
accusative	einen	den	Dienstag	die	Dienstage

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Dienstagabend
• dienstäglich
• dienstags

See also

• Ergetag
• Ziestag
• (days of the week) Tage der Woche, Wochentage (im weiteren Sinne); Montag, Dienstag, Mittwoch, Donnerstag, Freitag, Samstag / Sonnabend, Sonntag ^{(Category: de:Days of the week)}

Further reading

• “Dienstag” in Duden online
• “Dienstag” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache