Dingsdag
German Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German dingesdach, from Old Saxon *thingesdag, from Proto-Germanic *þingsus-dagaz (“day of the assembly”), from *þingsus + *dagaz. Thingsus, Tiw or Týr was the name of the Germanic god of justice. Cognate to German Dienstag, Dutch dinsdag.
Noun
Dingsdag m (plural Dingsdaag)
Coordinate terms
Related terms
- Dag
- dääglich
- eens Daags
- Geboortsdag
- hüüttodaags
- vandage, vandoag, vundaag, vundoog
References
- Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)