Mittwoch

German

Alternative forms

• Mittwoche f (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German mittewoche, from Old High German mittawehha (literally “middle of the week”), calqued on Ecclesiastical Latin media hebdomas (whence Dalmatian misedma). Equivalent to Mitte (“mid, middle”) +‎ Woche (“week”), becoming a masculine in Early Modern German after the other weekdays. Compare Middle Low German middewēke, English midweek. Originally meaning the middle between Sunday and Saturday, now often reinterpreted as the middle of the working week.

The original West Germanic word for Wednesday, *Wōdanas dag (“Odin's day”), had already been displaced in Old High German times. It is only attested in regional Middle High German as guotentac with g- for w- through dissimilation (likely reinforced by reinterpretation as “good day”). This survived until recently in Central Franconian Jodesdaach. See Wednesday for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪtvɔx/, [ˈmɪt.vɔχ], [-ʋɔχ]

• Audio:

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Noun

Mittwoch m (strong, genitive Mittwochs or (rare) Mittwoches, plural Mittwoche)

1. Wednesday

   Synonyms: (rare, obsolete, Germanophile) Wotanstag, Wodenstag

Declension

Declension of Mittwoch [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mittwoch	die	Mittwoche
genitive	eines	des	Mittwochs, Mittwoches1	der	Mittwoche
dative	einem	dem	Mittwoch, Mittwoche1,2	den	Mittwochen
accusative	einen	den	Mittwoch	die	Mittwoche

¹Rare.
²Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Mittwochabend
• mittwochabends
• Mittwochmittag
• mittwochmittags
• Mittwochmorgen
• mittwochmorgens
• Mittwochnachmittag
• mittwochnachmittags
• mittwochnachts
• mittwochs
• Mittwochsausgabe
• Mittwochvormittag
• mittwochvormittags

 

See also

• Wochentage
• (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

• “Mittwoch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Mittwoch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Mittwoch” in Duden online
• Mittwoch on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmitvox/

Noun

Mittwoch m

1. Wednesday

Related terms

• mittwochs

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Pennsylvania German

Noun

Mittwoch m (plural Mittwoche)

1. Wednesday

Coordinate terms

• (days of the week) Sunndaag, Moondaag/Mundaag/Muundaag, Dinschdaag, Mittwoch, Dunnerschdaag, Freidaag, Samschdaag ^{(Category: pdc:Days of the week)}

References

• Earl C. Haag, Pennsylvania German Reader and Grammar (2010, →ISBN)