Mittwoch

Concepts

Wednesday

day

midweek

Synonyms

Wodenstag

Mi

dritter Tag der Woche

Wotanstag

Translations

mercredi

miércoles

woensdag

mercoledì

quarta-feira

dimecres

Τετάρτη

dies Mercurii

çarşamba

الأربعاء

dimècres

Çarşamba

çarşem

mercoledi

Dialects

Zürich

mittwuch

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

mektig

Basel-Landschaft

mitwuche

St. Gallen

meaktìg

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɪtvɔx/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: mittewoche

Inherited from Old High German: mittawehha

Cognate with Dalmatian: misedma

Cognate with Middle Low German: middewēke

Cognate with English: 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.

Sentences

Markttag in San Felice ist der Mittwoch .

Market day in San Felice is Wednesday.