Sonntag

GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

  • 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)

NounEdit

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)

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Proper nounEdit

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)

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