dymmelonsdag

Swedish

Etymology

dymmel +‎ onsdag. The name comes from the tradition in Scandinavia to replace metal clappers in the church bells with dowels in order to give them a more muted sound.

Noun

dymmelonsdag c

  1. Holy Wednesday (the Wednesday before Easter Sunday)

Declension

Declension of dymmelonsdag
nominative genitive
singular indefinite dymmelonsdag dymmelonsdags
definite dymmelonsdagen dymmelonsdagens
plural indefinite dymmelonsdagar dymmelonsdagars
definite dymmelonsdagarna dymmelonsdagarnas

References

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