Mittwoch
German
Alternative forms
- Mittwoche f (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle High German mittewoche, from Old High German mittawehha (literally “middle of the week”), calqued on Ecclesiastical Latin media hebdomas (whence Dalmatian misedma). Equivalent to Mitte (“mid, middle”) + Woche (“week”), becoming a masculine in Early Modern German after the other weekdays. Compare Middle Low German middewēke, English midweek. Originally meaning the middle between Sunday and Saturday, now often reinterpreted as the middle of the working week.
The original West Germanic word for Wednesday, *Wōdanas dag (“Odin's day”), had already been displaced in Old High German times. It is only attested in regional Middle High German as guotentac with g- for w- through dissimilation (likely reinforced by reinterpretation as “good day”). This survived until recently in Central Franconian Jodesdaach. See Wednesday for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪtvɔx/, [ˈmɪt.vɔχ], [-ʋɔχ]
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Noun
Mittwoch m (strong, genitive Mittwochs or (rare) Mittwoches, plural Mittwoche)
Declension
Derived terms
- Mittwochabend
- mittwochabends
- Mittwochmittag
- mittwochmittags
- Mittwochmorgen
- mittwochmorgens
- Mittwochnachmittag
- mittwochnachmittags
- mittwochnachts
- mittwochs
- Mittwochsausgabe
- Mittwochvormittag
- mittwochvormittags
See also
- days of the week: Tage der Woche (appendix): Montag · Dienstag · Mittwoch · Donnerstag · Freitag · Samstag/Sonnabend · Sonntag [edit]
Further reading
- “Mittwoch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Mittwoch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Mittwoch” in Duden online
- Mittwoch on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmitvox/
- Rhymes: -itvox
- Syllabification: Mitt‧woch
Noun
Mittwoch m (plural Mittwoch)
Related terms
See also
- days of the week: Daagh fun de Woch (appendix): Sunntach · Montach · Dinstach · Mittwoch · Donnerstach · Freitach · Samstach [edit]
References
- Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Mittwoch”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 113, column 1
Pennsylvania German
Noun
Mittwoch m (plural Mittwoche)
Coordinate terms
- days of the week (appendix): Sunndaag · Moondaag~Mundaag~Muundaag · Dinschdaag · Mittwoch · Dunnerschdaag · Freidaag · Samschdaag [edit]
References
- Earl C. Haag, Pennsylvania German Reader and Grammar (2010, →ISBN)