Mittwoch

Significat (Anglès)

Wednesday

Sinònims

Wodenstag

Mi

dritter Tag der Woche

Wotanstag

Traduccions

Wednesday

mercredi

miércoles

woensdag

çarşamba

Çarşamba

çarşem

Dialectes

Cantó de Zuric

mittwuch

Appenzell Ausser-Rhoden

mektig

Basilea-Camp

mitwuche

Cantó de Sankt Gallen

meaktìg

Dades proporcionades per: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈmɪtvɔx/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de alt alemany mitjà: mittewoche

Heretat de alt alemany antic: mittawehha

Cognat amb Dalmatian: misedma

Cognat amb Middle Low German: middewēke

Cognat amb anglès: midweek

In summary

From Middle High German mittewoche, from Old High German mittawehha (literally “middle of the week”), calqued on Ecclesiastical Latin media hebdomas (whence Dalmatian misedma). Equivalent to Mitte (“mid, middle”) + Woche (“week”), becoming a masculine in Early Modern German after the other weekdays. Compare Middle Low German middewēke, English midweek. Originally meaning the middle between Sunday and Saturday, now often reinterpreted as the middle of the working week.
The original West Germanic word for Wednesday, *Wōdanas dag (“Odin's day”), had already been displaced in Old High German times. It is only attested in regional Middle High German as guotentac with g- for w- through dissimilation (likely reinforced by reinterpretation as “good day”). This survived until recently in Central Franconian Jodesdaach. See Wednesday for more.

Frases

Markttag in San Felice ist der Mittwoch .

Market day in San Felice is Wednesday.