Sonntag

German (Berlin)

/ˈzɔntaːk/, /ˈzɔntax/, /ˈzɔntaːx/

noun
Definitions
  • Sunday (the first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the 8601|ISO 8601 standard)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German sunnentac, sunne(n)tac inherited from Old High German sunnūntag inherited from Proto-Germanic *sunnōniz dagaz (day of the sun).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*sunnōniz dagaz

Gloss

day of the sun

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