Dag

See also: DAG, Dağ, Dåg, dag, dag-, dağ, and 'dag

English

Etymology

Clipping of Dagwood.

Noun

Dag (plural Dags)

1. Ellipsis of Dagwood sandwich.

   Synonym: Dag sandwich

East Central German

Noun

Dag

1. (Upper Saxon) day

German Low German

Alternative forms

• Dach
• Daag
• Dagg

Etymology

From Middle Low German dach, dag, from Old Saxon dag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Cognate to German Tag.

Noun

Dag m (plural Daag' or Daag or Dagen or Daog or Doage or Doag' or Doag or Dạg' or Dag' or Dag)

1. (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) day

Coordinate terms

• Maandag ~ Moondag
• Dingsdag
• Woonsdag ~ Goonsdag
• Meddewääk ~ Meddeweek, Merrwääk ~ Merrweek, Middewääk ~ Middeweek
• Donnerdag ~ Donnersdag ~ Dönnerdag ~ Dönnersdag ~ Dunnerdag ~ Dunnersdag ~ Dünnersdag ~ Dünnerdag
• Freedag ~ Friedag
• Saterdag, Sünnavend ~ Sünnovend
• Sünndag

Derived terms

• dääglich
• eens Daags
• Geboortsdag
• hüüttodaags
• vandage, vandoag, vundaag, vundoog

Noun

Dag m

1. inflection of Dach:
   1. dative singular
   2. plural

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German dach, from Old High German *dag, northern variant of tag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.

The plural Deeg is derived from the singular with a secondary umlaut. But compare Do, the regular outcome of the older plural and dative singular. Cognate with German Tag, Dutch dag, English day, Icelandic dagur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːχ/
• Rhymes: -aːχ
• Homophone: Daach

Noun

Dag m (plural Deeg)

1. day

Derived terms

• deeglaang
• deeglech
• Gebuertsdag

Related terms

• Do

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse Dagr, from dagr (“day”), whence also dag. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Dagur, and Swedish and Danish Dag.

Proper noun

Dag m

1. a male given name from Old Norse, meaning “day”
2. (Norse mythology) Dagr, the personification of the day

Related terms

• (male given names): Dagfinn
• (female given names): Dagmar, Dagny

References

• Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
• Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 76
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 744 males with the given name Dag living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19th May, 2011.

Pennsylvania German

Alternative forms

• Daag

Etymology

Compare German Tag, Dutch dag, English day.

Noun

Dag m (plural Dag or Dage)

1. Alternative form of Daag

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse dagr (“day”), with identical meaning in modern Swedish. A runic name revived since 1863.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑːɡ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Dag c (genitive Dags)

1. a male given name from Old Norse

Related terms

• (female names) Dagmar, Dagny