Days of the Week in Dutch
All seven Dutch days end in -dag, and every one is recognisable from English. None of them takes a capital letter.
The seven days
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demaandag
MAHN-dakh
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Monday
Moon day, like the English
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dedinsdag
DINS-dakh
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Tuesday
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dewoensdag
VOONS-dakh
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Wednesday
Woden's day, the same root as the English
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dedonderdag
DON-dur-dakh
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Thursday
Thunder day
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devrijdag
VRAY-dakh
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Friday
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dezaterdag
ZAH-tur-dakh
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Saturday
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dezondag
ZON-dakh
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Sunday
Sun day
Words that go with them
-
de week
duh vayk
-
the week
-
het weekend
ut VEE-kent
-
the weekend
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vandaag
van-DAHKH
-
today
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morgen
MOR-khuh
-
tomorrow
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gisteren
KHIS-tuh-ruh
-
yesterday
-
overmorgen
OH-vur-mor-khuh
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the day after tomorrow
One word, as in German
On Monday, and every Monday
For one specific day, use op: op maandag means on Monday.
For something that repeats, Dutch puts 's in front and -s on the end: 's maandags means on Mondays. The apostrophe is a leftover of an old word for the.
In speech people often just say maandags, and both are understood.
Days are never capitalised, even at the start of a written date.
- We zien elkaar op vrijdag.We'll see each other on Friday.
- 's Zaterdags werk ik niet.I don't work on Saturdays.
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