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Sonntag

noun · /ˈzɔntaːk/ ·
Etymology

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.

Translation

  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) masculine, strong

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Sonntag Sonntage
Accusative Sonntag Sonntage
Dative Sonntag Sonntagen
Genitive Sonntages Sonntage

Sonntag

name · /ˈzɔntaːk/ ·
Etymology

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.

Translation

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