English
WOTD – 8 May 2025
Etymology
Initialism of victory (in) Europe + day.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
VE Day
- Initialism of Victory in Europe Day: the date 8 May 1945 when Germany unconditionally surrendered its armed forces to the Allies, bringing World War II to an end; and each anniversary commemorating that date.
- Coordinate term: Armistice Day
Translations
Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date
- Arabic: يوم النصر في أوروبا ?
- Armenian: Հաղթանակի օրը Եվրոպայում (Haġtʻanaki ōrə Evropayum)
- Bulgarian: Денят на Победата m (Denjat na Pobedata)
- Catalan: Dia de la Victòria a Europa m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 第二次世界大戰歐戰勝利紀念日 / 第二次世界大战欧战胜利纪念日 (Dì-èr Cì Shìjiè Dàzhàn Ōuzhàn shènglì jìniànrì, literally “Second World War European War Victory Anniversary Date”)
- Danish: VE-dag c
- Dutch: V-dag m, Bevrijdingsdag (nl) m
- Finnish: voitonpäivä (fi)
- Galician: día da Vitoria en Europa m
- Georgian: ევროპაში გამარჯვების დღე (evroṗaši gamarǯvebis dɣe)
- German: VE-Day m (uncommon)
- Hebrew: יום הניצחון באירופה ?
- Icelandic: Sigurdagurinn í Evrópu m
- Indonesian: Hari Kemenangan di Eropa
- Irish: Lá an Bhua san Eoraip m
- Italian: giornata della vittoria in Europa m
- Japanese: ヨーロッパ戦勝記念日 (ヨーロッパせんしょうきねんび, Yōroppa senshi youkinenbi)
- Korean: 유럽 전승 기념일 (yureop jeonseung ginyeomil)
- Latvian: Eiropas uzvaras diena f
- Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
- Malay: Hari Kemenangan di Eropa
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: VE-dagen m
- Nynorsk: Frigjeringsdagen m
- Persian: روز پیروزی در اروپا
- Polish: Narodowy Dzień Zwycięstwa m
- Portuguese: Dia da Vitória na Europa m
- Romanian: Ziua Victoriei în Europa f
- Russian: День Победы в Европе ? (Denʹ Pobedy v Jevrope)
- Slovene: Dan zmage v Evropi m
- Spanish: Día de la Victoria en Europa m
- Thai: วันชัยในทวีปยุโรป
- Ukrainian: День Перемо́ги в Євро́пі m (Denʹ Peremóhy v Jevrópi)
- Vietnamese: Ngày Chiến thắng
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