Donnerstag

Concepts

Thursday

day

thursday

Synonyms

Wochenmitte

Mitte der Woche

weltbewegend

vierter Tag der Woche

Do

Translations

jeudi

jueves

donderdag

giovedì

quinta-feira

Πέμπτη

dijous

الخميس

Perşembe

perşembe

dijòus

pêncşem

dies Iovis

dies Jovis

Dialects

Zürich

dunnschtig

Zürich

dunnstig

Zürich

dunschtig

Basel-Landschaft

donnschtig

Zürich

dunstig

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɔnɐsˌtaːk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: donerstac

Inherited from Old High German: donarestag

Cognate with Bavarian: Dunnersdåg

Cognate with Low German: Dunnersdag

Cognate with Dutch: donderdag

Cognate with Western Frisian: tongersdei

Cognate with English: Thursday

Cognate with Danish: torsdag

In summary

From Middle High German donerstac, from Old High German donarestag, thonarestag (11th c.), from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”). Compare Bavarian Dunnersdåg, Low German Dunnersdag, Dutch donderdag, West Frisian tongersdei, English Thursday, Danish torsdag.