hverdag

Compound of hver (“every”) +‎ dag (“day”), from Old Norse hverr (“every”) dagr (“day”). Semantic shift of uncertain origin. Probably, from the original meaning "every day which is not a holy day". Plausibly under the influence of similar-sounding German "Werktag". Cognate with Swedish vardag and Norwegian Nynorsk kvardag, both with the same meaning.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvæɐ̯ˌdæˀ]

hverdag c (singular definite hverdagen, plural indefinite hverdage)

1. weekday, working day

• “hverdag” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Danish hverdag. Compound of hver (“every”) +‎ dag (“day”), from Old Norse hverr (“every”) dagr (“day”). Semantic shift of uncertain origin. Probably, from the original meaning "every day which is not a holy day". Plausibly under the influence of similar-sounding German "Werktag".

hverdag m (definite singular hverdagen, indefinite plural hverdager, definite plural hverdagene)

1. weekday, working day

• hverdagslig
• hverdagsliv
• hverdagsspråk

• kvardag (Nynorsk)

• “hverdag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “hverdag” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).