German days
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German (Deutsch)
Language Family:
Indo-European, West Germanic branch
Official Language:
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, parts of Denmark and Italy
Pattern:
Germanic
Days of the Week:
- Translations: Monday: Montag = moon
- Translations: Tuesday: Dienstag = Tiu, Teutonic god
- Translations: Wednesday: Mittwoch = middle of the week
- Translations: Thursday: Donnerstag = thunder for Thor, Teutonic god
- Translations: Friday: Freitag = Frigg, Teutonic goddess
- Translations: Saturday: Samstag = sabbath
- in northern Germany: Sonnabend = sun evening
- Translations: Sunday: Sonntag = sun
>> multilingual resources >> Translations: Days of the week >> Translations: Germanic days
see also German months
