helg

== Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish hælgh, hælagh, from Old Norse helgr f, from Proto-Germanic *hailagijō, cognate with Norwegian, Swedish helg. Derived from *hailagaz (“holy”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /helˀɣ/, [ˈhɛlˀj] === Noun === helg c (singular definite helgen, not used in plural form) (rare, puristic) holiday, weekend ==== Declension ==== === References === “helg” in Den Danske Ordbog “helg” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Derived from Old Norse helgr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /helɡ/, [hɛlɡ] === Noun === helg f or m (definite singular helga or helgen, indefinite plural helger, definite plural helgene) weekend === References === “helg” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === helj (dialectal) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Norse helgr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛlɡ/, /hɛɽɡ/, [hɛɽɡ], [hælɡ], [hɛɽɡ], [hæɽɡ] (East Norway) IPA(key): /hɛɽj/, [hæɽj] Rhymes: -ɛlɡ, -ɛɽɡ, -ɛɽj === Noun === helg f (definite singular helga, indefinite plural helgar or helger, definite plural helgane or helgene) weekend (ecclesiastical, rare) holiday ==== Declension ==== === References === “helg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. “helg”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016 “helg” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring == Swedish == === Etymology === Derived from Old Norse helgr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛlj/ === Noun === helg c (religious) holiday weekend (strictly) Saturday and Sunday (colloquial) Friday afternoon (after work) to Sunday (figuratively) two consecutively scheduled free days (especially within occupations where work on Saturdays and Sundays is common, e.g. the service sector) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== (weekend): i helgen ― this weekend på helgen ― on the weekend förra helgen ― last weekend ==== See also ==== veckoslut (“weekend, end of week”) === Further reading === helg in Svensk ordbok.