fredag

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”).

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

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• Rhymes: -a

fredag c (singular definite fredagen, plural indefinite fredage)

1. Friday

• days of the week: ugedage (appendix): mandag · tirsdag · onsdag · torsdag · fredag · lørdag · søndag ^[edit]

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

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

1. Friday

• langfredag

• days of the week: ukedager (appendix): mandag · tirsdag · onsdag · torsdag · fredag · lørdag · søndag ^[edit]

• “fredag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

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

1. Friday

• langfredag

• days of the week: vekedagar (appendix): måndag · tysdag · onsdag/mekedag · torsdag · fredag · laurdag · sundag~søndag ^[edit]

• “fredag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfreːdɑːɡ/, /ˈfreːda/

• Audio:

  (file)

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

• fredagschips
• fredagsmys
• fredagstacos
• långfredag

• days of the week: veckodagar (appendix): måndag · tisdag · onsdag · torsdag · fredag · lördag · söndag ^[edit]

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