Montag

Montag

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Montag.

Proper noun

Montag (plural Montags)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Montag is the 14814^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2002 individuals. Montag is most common among White (84.67%) and Hispanic/Latino (12.59%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Montag”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 611.

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German mōntac, māntac, from Old High German mānotag (9th c.), māntag (12th c.), from Proto-West Germanic *mānini dag (“day of the moon”). Compare Low German Maandag, Dutch maandag, English Monday, Danish mandag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːnˌtaːk/ (standard)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːnˌtax/ (northern Germany and parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial)
• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːnˌtaːx/ (parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial)

Noun

Montag m (strong, genitive Montages or Montags, plural Montage)

1. Monday

Declension

Declension of Montag [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Montag	die	Montage
genitive	eines	des	Montages, Montags	der	Montage
dative	einem	dem	Montag, Montage1	den	Montagen
accusative	einen	den	Montag	die	Montage

¹Now uncommon, see notes.

Derived terms

• Aftermontag
• Güdelmontag
• Güdismontag
• Kerwemontag
• Kirmesmontag
• Kulturmontag
• Montagabend
• Montagfrüh
• montägig
• montäglich
• Montagmittag
• Montagmorgen
• Montagnachmittag
• Montagnacht
• montags
• Montagsauto
• Montagsdemo
• Montagsdemonstration
• Montagsdepression
• Montagswagen
• Montagszeitung
• Montagvormittag
• Ostermontag
• Pfingstmontag
• Rosenmontag
• Themenmontag

 

See also

• (days of the week) Tage der Woche, Wochentage (im weiteren Sinne); Montag, Dienstag, Mittwoch, Donnerstag, Freitag, Samstag / Sonnabend, Sonntag ^{(Category: de:Days of the week)}

Further reading

• “Montag” in Duden online
• “Montag” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache