donderdag

Meaning

Thursday

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
don‧der‧dag
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdɔndərˌdɑx/
Etymology

From Middle Dutch donresdach, donredach, from Old Dutch *thonaresdag, from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”). Equivalent to Donar or donder + dag. Donar (North Germanic: Thor) was the Germanic god of thunder.

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