Ruhetag

German

Etymology

Ruhe (“rest”) +‎ Tag (“day”), or ruhen (“to rest”) +‎ Tag (“day”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁuːətaːk/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Ruhetag m (strong, genitive Ruhetages or Ruhetags, plural Ruhetage)

1. day off
2. day of rest, rest day
3. a day of the week, on which a shop or office is closed.

Declension

Declension of Ruhetag [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ruhetag	die	Ruhetage
genitive	eines	des	Ruhetages, Ruhetags	der	Ruhetage
dative	einem	dem	Ruhetag, Ruhetage1	den	Ruhetagen
accusative	einen	den	Ruhetag	die	Ruhetage

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• Ruhetag on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Ruhetag” in Duden online