Dag
English
Etymology
Clipping of Dagwood.
Noun
Dag (plural Dags)
- Ellipsis of Dag sandwich.
East Central German
Noun
Dag
German Low German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Low German dach, dag, from Old Saxon dag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Cognate to German Tag.
Noun
Dag m (plural Daag' or Daag or Daog or Doage or Doag' or Doag or Dạg' or Dag' or Dag)
- (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) day
Derived terms
See also
(days of the week)
- Maandag / Moondag
- Dingsdag
- Woonsdag, Goonsdag
- Donnerdag / Donnersdag, Dönnerdag / Dönnersdag, Dunnerdag / Dunnersdag, Dünnerdag / Dünnersdag
- Meddewääk / Meddeweek, Merrwääk / Merrweek, Middewääk / Middeweek
- Freedag / Friedag
- Saterdag, Sünnavend / Sünnovend
- Sünndag
Noun
Dag m
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German dach, from Old High German *dag, northern variant of tag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.
The plural Deeg is derived from the singular with a secondary umlaut. But compare Do, the regular outcome of the older plural and dative singular. Cognate with German Tag, Dutch dag, English day, Icelandic dagur.
Pronunciation
Noun
Dag m (plural Deeg)
Derived terms
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse Dagr, from dagr (“day”), whence also dag. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Dagur, and Swedish and Danish Dag.
Proper noun
Dag m
- a male given name from Old Norse, meaning “day”
- (Norse mythology) Dagr, the personification of the day
Related terms
References
- Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
- Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 76
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 744 males with the given name Dag living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19th May, 2011.
Pennsylvania German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compare German Tag, Dutch dag, English day.
Noun
Dag m (plural Dag or Dage)
- Alternative form of Daag
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse dagr (“day”), with identical meaning in modern Swedish. A runic name revived since 1863.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dag c (genitive Dags)
- a male given name
Related terms
- English clippings
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English ellipses
- East Central German lemmas
- East Central German nouns
- Upper Saxon German
- German Low German terms inherited from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms derived from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German Low German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German Low German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German Low German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German Low German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German Low German lemmas
- German Low German nouns
- German Low German masculine nouns
- Low Prussian Low German
- German Low German non-lemma forms
- German Low German noun forms
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish 1-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/aːχ
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/aːχ/1 syllable
- Luxembourgish terms with homophones
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish nouns
- Luxembourgish masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk male given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk male given names from Old Norse
- nn:Norse deities
- nn:Norse mythology
- Pennsylvania German lemmas
- Pennsylvania German nouns
- Pennsylvania German masculine nouns
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names