Days of the Week in German
The German week starts on Monday, and every day is capitalised. Five of the seven end in -tag, and Saturday has two names depending on the region.
The seven days
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derMontag
MOHN-tahk
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Monday
Moon day, same root as English
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derDienstag
DEENS-tahk
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Tuesday
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derMittwoch
MIT-vokh
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Wednesday
The odd one out: it means mid-week, not a god's day
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derDonnerstag
DON-ers-tahk
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Thursday
Thunder day, from Donner
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derFreitag
FRY-tahk
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Friday
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derSamstag
ZAMS-tahk
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Saturday
Sonnabend in northern and eastern Germany
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derSonntag
ZON-tahk
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Sunday
Sun day. Shops are closed
Words that go with them
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die Woche
dee VOKH-eh
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the week
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das Wochenende
dass VOKH-en-en-deh
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the weekend
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heute
HOY-teh
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today
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morgen
MOR-gen
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tomorrow
Lowercase it means tomorrow, capitalised der Morgen means the morning
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gestern
GES-tern
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yesterday
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übermorgen
UU-ber-mor-gen
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the day after tomorrow
German has one word for it, English does not
Saying that something happens on a day
For one specific day, use am: am Montag means on Monday.
For something that repeats, lowercase the day and add -s: montags means on Mondays, every Monday.
Every German day is a noun, so it is always capitalised, even mid-sentence. The only time you write one in lowercase is that repeating -s form.
- Wir treffen uns am Freitag.We're meeting on Friday.
- Ich arbeite samstags nicht.I don't work on Saturdays.
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