Ziestag

German edit

Etymology edit

Middle High German ziestac, from Old High German ziestag, ciesdac, from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag (literally “Tiw's day”), a calque of Latin diēs Mārtis (literally “day of Mars”). Cognate with English Tuesday, West Frisian tiisdei, Swedish tisdag.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡siːstaːk/

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Noun edit

Ziestag m (strong, genitive Ziestages or Ziestags, plural Ziestage)

(regional, chiefly obsolete) Tuesday
Synonym: Dienstag

Declension edit

Declension of Ziestag [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ziestag	die	Ziestage
genitive	eines	des	Ziestages, Ziestags	der	Ziestage
dative	einem	dem	Ziestag, Ziestage¹	den	Ziestagen
accusative	einen	den	Ziestag	die	Ziestage

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading edit

“Ziestag” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
“Zîstag”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache^[1] (in German), volume 12, 1961, column 1061

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