middag

Meaning

1. (masculine) midday, noon
2. (Netherlands,masculine) afternoon (period from 12 PM to 6 PM)
3. (Suriname,masculine) afternoon and early evening (period from 12 PM to 7 PM)

Concepts

noon

afternoon

midday

noontime

noonday

noontide

in the afternoon

nooning

high noon

midnight

noon-time

noone

afternoons

arvo

arvy

daytime

even

evening

midafternoon

night

p.m.

Hyphenated as

mid‧dag

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɪ.dɑx/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch middach. Equivalent to mid- + dag.

Sentences

Veel wetenschappers werken jaren hieraan , en jij zegt het in een middag gedaan te hebben ?

Many scientists have been working on this for years, and you say you did it in an afternoon?

Nadat we de kerstboom hadden gehaald zijn we de hele middag bezig geweest met het ophangen van de kerstballen en de kerstverlichting .

After we had taken out the Christmas tree, we spent the entire afternoon hanging the baubles and the Christmas lights.