weekdag

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of week (“week”) +‎ dag (“day”), compare cognates West Frisian wikedei (“weekday”), German Wochentag (“weekday”), Danish ugedag (“weekday”), Swedish veckodag (“weekday”), Norwegian ukedag (“weekday”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋeːk.dɑx/

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• Hyphenation: week‧dag

Noun

weekdag m (plural weekdagen, diminutive weekdagje n)

1. a work day, any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off

Synonyms

• werkdag

Coordinate terms

• weekeinde
• weekend

Related terms

• werkweek
• werktijd