tirsdag

From Old Danish tisdagh, from Old Norse tý(r)sdagr. from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag, cognate with English Tuesday.

A compound of Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz (“Tyr”) + *dagaz (“day”), a calque of Latin diēs Mārtis (literally “day of Mars”), which is itself a calque of Ancient Greek ἡμέρα Ἄρεως (hēméra Áreōs, literally “day of Ares”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɐ̯ˀsda/, [ˈtsʰiɒ̯̽ˀsd̥æ]
• Rhymes: -a

tirsdag c (singular definite tirsdagen, plural indefinite tirsdage)

1. Tuesday

• days of the week: ugedage (appendix): mandag · tirsdag · onsdag · torsdag · fredag · lørdag · søndag ^[edit]

From Danish tirsdag, from Old Norse týsdagr, týrsdagr, from Týr (“Tyr”) and dagr (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag, a calque of Latin dies Martis.

tirsdag m (definite singular tirsdagen, indefinite plural tirsdager, definite plural tirsdagene)

1. Tuesday

• tysdag (Nynorsk)

• days of the week: ukedager (appendix): mandag · tirsdag · onsdag · torsdag · fredag · lørdag · søndag ^[edit]

• “tirsdag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.