Ziestag

== German == === Etymology === Middle High German ziestac, from Old High German ziestag, ciesdac, from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag (literally “Tiw's day”), a calque of Latin diēs Mārtis (literally “day of Mars”). Cognate with English Tuesday, West Frisian tiisdei, Swedish tisdag. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡siːsˌtaːk/ === Noun === Ziestag m (strong, genitive Ziestages or Ziestags, plural Ziestage) (regional, chiefly obsolete) Tuesday Synonym: Dienstag ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Ziestag” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “Zîstag”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache[1] (in German), volume 12, 1961, column 1061