onsdag

Pronunciation: /ˈʊnsdɑːɡ/

“onsdag” is a Swedish word. Its meaning in English:

noun

Wednesday (now generally considered the third day of the week in non-religious contexts in Sweden)

Etymology

The word is originally a short form for Odens dag, meaning day of Oden. (Note: "Oden" and "Odin" are alternative spellings of the same name.) From Old Swedish oþinsdagher, from Old Norse óðinsdagr (“Odin's day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag.

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