middag

== Afrikaans == === Alternative forms === mirrag (Cape Afrikaans) === Etymology === From Dutch middag, from Middle Dutch middach. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmə.daχ/ === Noun === middag (plural middae) An afternoon. midday, noon ==== Derived terms ==== agtermiddag laatmiddag middagete middagkos == Danish == === Etymology === From mid- (“middle”) +‎ dag (“day”). Compare Old Norse miðdagr, miðr dagr, English midday, Dutch middag, German Mittag. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmed̥a] === Noun === middag c (singular definite middagen, plural indefinite middage) midday, noon (the time between ca. 11am and 1pm) dinner, supper (the evening meal) Synonym: aftensmad (rare, dated) lunch (especially in rural areas, where the major hot meal is served at noon) Synonym: frokost dinner, banquet (a formal dinner with invited guests) ==== Inflection ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch middach. Equivalent to mid- +‎ dag. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɪ.dɑx/ Hyphenation: mid‧dag === Noun === middag m (plural middagen, diminutive middagje n) midday, noon Ik eet meestal rond middag. ― I usually eat around midday. De zon staat hoog aan de hemel rond middag. ― The sun is high in the sky around noon. De klokken luiden elke middag. ― The bells ring every noon. (chiefly Netherlands) afternoon (period from 12 PM to 6 PM) Synonym: (Belgium) namiddag Op zondag middag ga ik naar het park. ― On Sunday afternoon, I go to the park. Het wordt drukker in de stad tijdens de middag. ― The city gets busier during the afternoon. De kinderen spelen buiten in de middag. ― The children play outside in the afternoon. (Suriname) afternoon and early evening (period from 12 PM to 7 PM) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: middag Jersey Dutch: míddāx Negerhollands: middag, meddag → Lokono: méndaka ==== See also ==== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse miðdagr, miðr dagr, from miðr (“middle”) and dagr (“day”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɪd.dɑɡ/ === Noun === middag m (definite singular middagen, indefinite plural middager, definite plural middagene) dinner (main meal of the day) noon, midday (around 12 noon) ==== Derived terms ==== ettermiddag formiddag julemiddag middagsbord === References === “middag” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse miðdagr, miðr dagr, from miðr (“middle”) and dagr (“day”). === Noun === middag m (plural middagen) dinner (main meal of the day) noon, midday (around 12 noon) ==== Derived terms ==== ettermiddag formiddag, føremiddag julemiddag, jolemiddag middagsbord middagstid === References === “middag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish miþdagher, midhdagher, Old Norse miðdagr, miðr dagr, from miðr (“middle”) + dagr (“day”). By surface analysis, mid- +‎ dag (“day”). Middag originally referred to the biggest meal of the day, which was eaten at noon, hence the name, and the meal eaten in the evening was kvällsmat or kvällsvard. After the Industrial Revolution, the time of the main meal of the day shifted to the evening, after work hours, and the word lunch was borrowed from English to denote the meal eaten around noon. Kvällsmat now commonly refers to a lighter supper (like sandwiches). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɪda/ (in careful speech) IPA(key): /ˈmɪdɑːɡ/ === Noun === middag c midday, noon Synonyms: mitt på dagen, middagstid, klockan tolv, tolvtiden, tolvsnåret dinner (dated, dialectal) lunch Synonym: lunch ==== Usage notes ==== The expression mitt på dagen (“middle of the day”) is commonly used to refer to (around) noon, which avoids potential confusion with dinner (time). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== brakmiddag middagstid ==== See also ==== efterrätt (“dessert”) frukost (“breakfast”) kvällsmat (“supper, evening meal”) lunch (“lunch”) mat (“food”) mellanmål (“snack (between meals)”) måltid (“meal”) === References === “middag”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “middag”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “middag”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “Middag”, in Språket i P1‎[1], Sveriges Radio, 9 November 2009, retrieved 15 May 2020