Translations: Germanic days

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Languages:
Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, English, Faroese, Frisian, German, Icelandic, Low German, Luxembourgish, Norwegian (Bokmål/Nynorsk), Scots, Swedish, Yiddish

Words:
Mostly planets and Teutonic gods derived from the Roman gods for the planets

Days of the Week:

1. Translations: Monday: moon
2. Translations: Tuesday: Tiu, Teutonic god [for Mars] (except Icelandic)
3. Translations: Wednesday:
   • Wotan, Teutonic god [for Mercury]
   • middle of the week (Faeroese, German, Icelandic, Low German, Luxembourgish, Yiddish)
4. Translations: Thursday:
   • Thor, Teutonic god [for Jupiter] (Danish, English, Norwegian, Swedish)
   • thunder representing Thor (Afrikaans, Dutch, German, Luxembourgish)
5. Translations: Friday: Frigg, Teutonic goddess [for Venus] (except Icelandic)
6. Translations: Saturday:
   • planet Saturn (Afrikaans, Dutch, English)
   • washing day (Danish, Faeroese, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish)
   • sabbath (German, Luxembourgish, Yiddish)
   • sun evening (German, Low German)
7. Translations: Sunday: sun

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