hverdag

== Danish == === Etymology === Compound of hver (“every”) +‎ dag (“day”), from Old Norse hverr (“every”) dagr (“day”). Semantic shift of uncertain origin. Probably, from the original meaning "every day which is not a holy day". Plausibly under the influence of similar-sounding German "Werktag". Cognate with Swedish vardag and Norwegian Nynorsk kvardag, both with the same meaning. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvæɐ̯ˌdæˀ] === Noun === hverdag c (singular definite hverdagen, plural indefinite hverdage) weekday, working day ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “hverdag” in Den Danske Ordbog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Danish hverdag. Compound of hver (“every”) +‎ dag (“day”), from Old Norse hverr (“every”) dagr (“day”). Semantic shift of uncertain origin. Probably, from the original meaning "every day which is not a holy day". Plausibly under the influence of similar-sounding German "Werktag". === Noun === hverdag m (definite singular hverdagen, indefinite plural hverdager, definite plural hverdagene) weekday, working day ==== Derived terms ==== hverdagslig hverdagsliv hverdagsspråk === See also === kvardag (Nynorsk) === References === “hverdag” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “hverdag” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).