måndag

Etymology

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

Noun

måndag m (definite singular måndagen, indefinite plural måndagar, definite plural måndagane)

1. Monday

See also

• mandag (Bokmål)
• (days of the week) vekedag; måndag, tysdag, onsdag, torsdag, fredag, laurdag, sundag/søndag

References

• “måndag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Swedish mānadagher, from Old Norse mánadagr, from late Proto-Germanic *mēniniz dagaz, a calque of Latin dies lunae (“day of the moon”), equivalent of måne (“moon”) +‎ dag (“day”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål mandag, Norwegian Nynorsk måndag, Danish mandag, Icelandic mánudagur, Faroese mánadagur, English Monday, German Montag and Dutch maandag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔndɑːɡ/, /ˈmɔnda/

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Noun

måndag c

1. Monday. The first day of the week (according to the ISO 8601 standard).

See also

• (days of the week) veckodagar; måndag, tisdag, onsdag, torsdag, fredag, lördag, söndag