fredag

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse frjádagr, borrowed from Old Saxon *frīadag or Old Frisian frīadei, from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag, cognate with English Friday, German Freitag, Dutch vrijdag and ultimately a calque of Latin diēs Veneris (“day of Venus”), which is itself a calque of Ancient Greek ἡμέρα Ἀφροδίτης (hēméra Aphrodítēs, “day of Aphrodite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfreːˀda/, [ˈfʁɛ̝(j)ˀd̥æ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a

Noun

fredag c (singular definite fredagen, plural indefinite fredage)

1. Friday

Declension

Declension of fredag

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fredag	fredagen	fredage	fredagene
genitive	fredags	fredagens	fredages	fredagenes

See also

• (days of the week) ugedag; mandag, tirsdag, onsdag, torsdag, fredag, lørdag, søndag ^{(Category: da:Days of the week)}

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse frjádagr, from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag (“day of Frigg”), a Germanic calque of the Latin dies Veneris (“friday”).

Noun

fredag m (definite singular fredagen, indefinite plural fredager, definite plural fredagene)

1. Friday

Derived terms

• langfredag

See also

• (days of the week) ukedag; mandag, tirsdag, onsdag, torsdag, fredag, lørdag, søndag ^{(Category: nb:Days of the week)}

References

• “fredag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse frjádagr, from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag (“day of Frigg”), a Germanic calque of the Latin dies Veneris (“friday”).

Noun

fredag m (definite singular fredagen, indefinite plural fredagar, definite plural fredagane)

1. Friday

Derived terms

• langfredag

See also

• (days of the week) vekedagar; sundag/søndag, måndag, tysdag, onsdag/mekedag, torsdag, fredag, laurdag ^{(Category: nn:Days of the week)}

References

• “fredag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse frjádagr, from late Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag (“day of Frigg”), a Germanic calque of the Latin dies Veneris (“friday”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfreːdɑːɡ/, /ˈfreːda/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

fredag c

1. Friday (now generally considered the fifth day of the week in non-religious contexts in Sweden)

   Fredag den trettonde ses som en otursdag av många.

   Friday the thirteenth is considered an unlucky day by many.

   Vi träffades i fredags

   We met this / last Friday

Declension

Declension of fredag

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fredag	fredags
	definite	fredagen	fredagens
plural	indefinite	fredagar	fredagars
	definite	fredagarna	fredagarnas

Derived terms

• fredagschips
• fredagsmys
• fredagstacos
• långfredag

See also

• (days of the week) veckodagar; måndag, tisdag, onsdag, torsdag, fredag, lördag, söndag ^{(Category: sv:Days of the week)}

References

• fredag in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fredag in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fredag in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)