onsdag
Danish
    
    Etymology
    
From Old Danish othænsdagh, from Old Norse óðinsdagr, from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag, a calque of the Latin dies Mercurii (“Wednesday”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈoːnˀsda/, [ˈo̝nˀsd̥æ]
- Rhymes: -a
Inflection
    
Declension of onsdag
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | onsdag | onsdagen | onsdage | onsdagene | 
| genitive | onsdags | onsdagens | onsdages | onsdagenes | 
Norwegian Bokmål
    
    Etymology
    
From Old Norse óðinsdagr (“Odin's day”), corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag.
See also
    
Norwegian Nynorsk
    
    Etymology
    
From Old Norse óðinsdagr (“Odin's day”), corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag.
See also
    
References
    
- “onsdag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
    
    Etymology
    
The word is originally a short form for Odens dag, meaning day of Oden. (Note: "Oden" and "Odin" are alternative spellings of the same name.) From Old Swedish oþinsdagher, from Old Norse óðinsdagr (“Odin's day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈʊnsdɑːɡ/, /ˈʊnsda/
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Declension
    
| Declension of onsdag | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | onsdag | onsdagen | onsdagar | onsdagarna | 
| Genitive | onsdags | onsdagens | onsdagars | onsdagarnas | 
Derived terms
    
See also
    
Further reading
    
- onsdag in Svensk ordbok.
- onsdag in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
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