zondag
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Zondag (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch sondach, sonnendach, from Old Dutch sunnadag (1151-1200; Reimbibel), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnōn dag (“day of the sun”), a calque of Latin dies Solis. Compare Low German Sünndag, German Sonntag, West Frisian snein, English Sunday, Danish søndag.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzɔndɑx/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: zon‧dag
Noun
zondag m (plural zondagen, diminutive zondagje n)
- Sunday
Derived terms
- palmzondag
- zondags
- zondagskrant
- zondagskind
- zondagsrijder
Related terms
- zonnedag
Descendants
- Afrikaans: Sondag
- → Fwe: n-súndà
- → Shona: svondo
- → Sotho: Sontaha
- → Swazi: li-Sontfo
- → Venda: Swondaha
- → Xhosa: isonto
- → Zulu: iSonto
- Berbice Creole Dutch: sondaka
- Jersey Dutch: Zœndix
- Negerhollands: sondag
- → Virgin Islands Creole: grossondag
- Skepi Creole Dutch: sondak
- → Arawak: sondakha
- → Mohegan-Pequot: zunatar
- → Japanese: どんたく (dontaku)
See also
- (days of the week) dag van de week; maandag, dinsdag, woensdag, donderdag, vrijdag, zaterdag, zondag (Category: nl:Days of the week)