mandag

See also: måndag

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Danish

"Mandag". Opening hours for a Danish library displayed on a window with "Mandag" near the top.

Etymology

From Old Danish mandagh, from Old Norse mánadagr, from late Proto-Germanic *mēniniz dagaz, a calque of Latin dies lunae. Compare Norwegian Bokmål mandag, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk måndag, Icelandic mánudagur, Faroese mánadagur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanˀda/
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

mandag c (singular definite mandagen, plural indefinite mandage)

1. Monday

Inflection

Declension of mandag

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mandag	mandagen	mandage	mandagene
genitive	mandags	mandagens	mandages	mandagenes

See also

(days of the week) ugedag; mandag, tirsdag, onsdag, torsdag, fredag, lørdag, søndag

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Dutch

Etymology

Equivalent to man (“man”) +‎ dag (“day”).

Noun

mandag m (plural mandaggen, diminutive mandagje n)

1. (unit of measurement) one day of labour by one person; a man-day

Usage notes

Not to be confused with maandag (“Monday”).

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mánadagr, from late Proto-Germanic *mēniniz dagaz, a calque of Latin dies lunae. Compare Danish mandag, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk måndag, Icelandic mánudagur, Faroese mánadagur.

Noun

mandag m (definite singular mandagen, indefinite plural mandager, definite plural mandagene)

1. Monday

See also

• måndag (Nynorsk)

(days of the week) ukedag; mandag, tirsdag, onsdag, torsdag, fredag, lørdag, søndag

References

• “mandag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse mánadagr, from late Proto-Germanic *mēniniz dagaz, a calque of Latin dies lunae. Compare Danish mandag, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk måndag, Icelandic mánudagur, Faroese mánadagur.

Pronunciation

• (Burträsk) IPA^(key): /²mɑɳːɖæːɣ/

Noun

mandag m

1. Monday