zondag
DutchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Zondag (archaic)
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch sondach, sonnendach, from Old Dutch sunnadag (1151-1200; Reimbibel), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnōn dag (“day of the sun”), a calque of Latin dies Solis. Compare Low German Sünndag, German Sonntag, West Frisian snein, English Sunday, Danish søndag.
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NounEdit
zondag m (plural zondagen, diminutive zondagje n)
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DescendantsEdit
- Afrikaans: Sondag
- Berbice Creole Dutch: sondaka
- Jersey Dutch: Zœndix
- Negerhollands: sondag
- → Virgin Islands Creole: grossondag
- Skepi Creole Dutch: sondak
- → Arawak: sondakha
- → Mohegan-Pequot: zunatar
- → Japanese: どんたく (dontaku)