helg

From Old Danish hælgh, hælagh, from Old Norse helgr f, from Proto-Germanic *hailagijō, cognate with Norwegian, Swedish helg. Derived from *hailagaz (“holy”).

• IPA^(key): /helˀɣ/, [ˈhɛlˀj]

helg c (singular definite helgen, not used in plural form)

1. (rare, puristic) holiday, weekend

• “helg” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “helg” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Derived from Old Norse helgr.

• IPA^(key): /helɡ/, [hɛlɡ]

helg f or m (definite singular helga or helgen, indefinite plural helger, definite plural helgene)

1. weekend

   Helga har kommet.

   The weekend has arrived.

“helg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• helj (dialectal)

Inherited from Old Norse helgr.

• IPA^(key): /hɛlɡ/, /hɛɽɡ/, [hɛɽɡ], [hælɡ], [hɛɽɡ], [hæɽɡ]
• (East Norway) IPA^(key): /hɛɽj/, [hæɽj]
• Rhymes: -ɛlɡ, -ɛɽɡ, -ɛɽj

helg f (definite singular helga, indefinite plural helgar or helger, definite plural helgane or helgene)

1. weekend
2. (ecclesiastical, rare) holiday

• “helg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “helg”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
• “helg” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Derived from Old Norse helgr.

• IPA^(key): /hɛlj/

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helg c

1. (religious) holiday
2. weekend
   1. (strictly) Saturday and Sunday
   2. (colloquial) Friday afternoon (after work) to Sunday

      Nu tar jag helg, vi syns på måndag.

      I'll take my weekend now, see you on Monday.

   3. (figuratively) two consecutively scheduled free days (especially within occupations where work on Saturdays and Sundays is common, e.g. the service sector)

      Denna veckan har jag helg på onsdag och torsdag.

      This week my weekend is on Wednesday and Thursday.

(weekend):

• i helgen ― this weekend
• på helgen ― on the weekend
• förra helgen ― last weekend

• helg in Svensk ordbok.