Wiktionary

Sonntag

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German sunne(n)tac, sun(n)tac, from Old High German sunnūntag (9th c.), from late Proto-West Germanic *sunnōn dag (“day of the sun”), a calque of Latin diēs Sōlis (4th c.). Compare Low German Sünndag, Dutch zondag, West Frisian snein, English Sunday, Danish søndag.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɔntaːk/, [ˈzɔntʰaˑkʰ] (standard)
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  • IPA(key): /ˈzɔntax/ (northern Germany and parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial)
  • IPA(key): /ˈzɔntaːx/ (parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial)
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔntak/, [-d̥ɑɡ̥] (southern Germany, Austria, Bavaria)

Noun edit

Sonntag m (strong, genitive Sonntages or Sonntags, plural Sonntage)

  1. Sunday (the first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 standard)

Declension edit

Declension of Sonntag [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Sonntag die Sonntage
genitive eines des Sonntages, Sonntags der Sonntage
dative einem dem Sonntag, Sonntage1 den Sonntagen
accusative einen den Sonntag die Sonntage

1Now rare, see notes.

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Proper noun edit

Sonntag n (proper noun, genitive Sonntags or (optionally with an article) Sonntag)

  1. A municipality of Vorarlberg, Austria
  2. (historical) Zyndaki (a village in Mrągowo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland)

Further reading edit

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