zondags
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzɔn.dɑxs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: zon‧dags
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch sonnendagesch. Equivalent to zondag + -s.
Adjective
zondags (not comparable)
- relating to Sunday
- Ze kwamen om elf uur langs voor hun zondagse bezoek.
- They dropped by at eleven o'clock for their Sunday visit.
- appropriate for Sunday, proper, formal
- Zijn zondagse kleren brengt hij naar de stomerij.
- He is accustomed to bring his Sunday Best to the dry cleaner.
Declension
| Inflection of zondags | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | zondags | |||
| inflected | zondagse | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | zondags | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | zondagse | ||
| n. sing. | zondags | |||
| plural | zondagse | |||
| definite | zondagse | |||
| partitive | zondags | |||
Alternative forms
- zondagsch (obsolete)
Adverb
zondags
- appropriate for Sunday, properly, formally
- Nadia was bij de ceremonie zondags gekleed.
- Nadia was wearing her Sunday Best at the ceremony.
Etymology 2
From zondag + -s or 's zondags.
Adverb
zondags
- on Sunday
- Gaan jullie zondags nog op de plassen varen?
- Are you planning to sail on the lakes on Sunday?
- Synonym: 's zondags