Dag
East Central German
editNoun
editDag
German Low German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German dach, dag, from Old Saxon dag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Cognate to German Tag.
Noun
editDag m (plural Daag' or Daag or Daog or Doage or Doag' or Doag or Dạg' or Dag' or Dag)
- (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) day
Derived terms
editSee also
edit(days of the week)
- Maandag / Moondag
- Dingsdag
- Woonsdag, Goonsdag
- Donnerdag / Donnersdag, Dönnerdag / Dönnersdag, Dunnerdag / Dunnersdag, Dünnerdag / Dünnersdag
- Meddewääk / Meddeweek, Merrwääk / Merrweek, Middewääk / Middeweek
- Freedag / Friedag
- Saterdag, Sünnavend / Sünnovend
- Sünndag
Noun
editDag m
Luxembourgish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German dach, from Old High German *dag, northern variant of tag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.
The plural Deeg is derived from the singular with a secondary umlaut. But compare Do, the regular outcome of the older plural and dative singular. Cognate with German Tag, Dutch dag, English day, Icelandic dagur.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editDag m (plural Deeg)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse Dagr, from dagr (“day”), whence also dag. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Dagur, and Swedish and Danish Dag.
Proper noun
editDag m
- a male given name from Old Norse, meaning “day”
- (Norse mythology) Dagr, the personification of the day
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
- Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 76
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 744 males with the given name Dag living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19th May, 2011.
Pennsylvania German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editCompare German Tag, Dutch dag, English day.
Noun
editDag m (plural Dag or Dage)
- Alternative form of Daag
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse dagr (“day”), with identical meaning in modern Swedish. A runic name revived since 1863.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editDag c (genitive Dags)
- a male given name
Related terms
edit- East Central German lemmas
- East Central German nouns
- Upper Saxon German
- German Low German terms inherited from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms derived from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German Low German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German Low German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German Low German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German Low German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German Low German lemmas
- German Low German nouns
- German Low German masculine nouns
- Low Prussian Low German
- German Low German non-lemma forms
- German Low German noun forms
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish 1-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/aːχ
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/aːχ/1 syllable
- Luxembourgish terms with homophones
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish nouns
- Luxembourgish masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk male given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk male given names from Old Norse
- nn:Norse deities
- nn:Norse mythology
- Pennsylvania German lemmas
- Pennsylvania German nouns
- Pennsylvania German masculine nouns
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names