Sonntag
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
sunntig
Basel-Landschaft
sunntig
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzɔntaːk/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German sunne(n)tac, sun(n)tac, from Old High German sunnūntag (9th c.), from late Proto-West Germanic *sunnōn dag (“day of the sun”), a calque of Latin diēs Sōlis (4th c.). Compare Low German Sünndag, Dutch zondag, West Frisian snein, English Sunday, Danish søndag.
Related words
Tag des Herrn
Rasttag
Kirchtag
Erholungszeit
letzter Tag der Woche
siebenter Tag der Woche
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