"Donnerstag" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɔnɐsˌtaːk/ [standard], /ˈdɔnɐsˌtax/ (note: northern Germany and parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial), /ˈdɔnɐsˌtaːx/ (note: parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial) Audio: De-Donnerstag.ogg , De-Donnerstag2.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German donerstac, from Old High German donarestag, thonarestag (11th c.), from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”). Compare Bavarian Dunnersdåg, Low German Dunnersdag, Dutch donderdag, West Frisian tongersdei, English Thursday, Danish torsdag. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|donerstac}} Middle High German donerstac, {{inh|de|goh|donarestag}} Old High German donarestag, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*Þunras dag||day of the thunder god}} Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”), {{cog|bar|Dunnersdåg}} Bavarian Dunnersdåg, {{cog|nds|Dunnersdag}} Low German Dunnersdag, {{cog|nl|donderdag}} Dutch donderdag, {{cog|fy|tongersdei}} West Frisian tongersdei, {{cog|en|Thursday}} English Thursday, {{cog|da|torsdag}} Danish torsdag Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s}} Donnerstag m (strong, genitive Donnerstages or Donnerstags, plural Donnerstage) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s}} Forms: Donnerstages [genitive], Donnerstags [genitive], Donnerstage [plural], strong [table-tags], Donnerstag [nominative, singular], Donnerstage [definite, nominative, plural], Donnerstages [genitive, singular], Donnerstags [genitive, singular], Donnerstage [definite, genitive, plural], Donnerstag [dative, singular], Donnerstage [dative, singular], Donnerstagen [dative, definite, plural], Donnerstag [accusative, singular], Donnerstage [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. Thursday Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: Pfinztag [Bavarian]
    Sense id: en-Donnerstag-de-noun-~CZiBi~9 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Days of the week Derived forms: Donnerstagabend, Donnerstagausgabe, Donnerstagmittag, Donnerstagmorgen, Donnerstagnachmittag, Donnerstagnacht, donnerstags, Donnerstagsausgabe, Donnerstagvormittag, Fettdonnerstag, Gründonnerstag, Schwerdonnerstag

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "lang_code": "de",
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        },
        {
          "word": "Donnerstagmorgen"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "Donnerstagnacht"
        },
        {
          "word": "donnerstags"
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        },
        {
          "word": "Donnerstagvormittag"
        },
        {
          "word": "Fettdonnerstag"
        },
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          "word": "Gründonnerstag"
        },
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          "word": "Schwerdonnerstag"
        }
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    },
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    }
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    },
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      "word": "Donnerstagausgabe"
    },
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      "word": "Donnerstagmittag"
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      "word": "Donnerstagmorgen"
    },
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      "word": "Donnerstagnachmittag"
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    },
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      "word": "donnerstags"
    },
    {
      "word": "Donnerstagsausgabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Donnerstagvormittag"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "Gründonnerstag"
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}

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