Mittwoch

German Alternative forms de Mittwoche f obsolete Etymology From de gmh mittewoche, from de goh mittawehha middle of the week, calqued on de la-ecc media hebdomas (whence dlm misedma). Equivalent to de Mitte mid, middle Woche week, becoming a masculine in Early Modern German after the other weekdays. Compare gml middewēke, en midweek. Originally meaning the middle between Sunday and Saturday, now often reinterpreted as the middle of the working week. The original West Germanic word for Wednesday, gmw-pro *Wōdanas dag Odin's day, had already been displaced in Old High German times. It is only attested in regional Middle High German as gmh guotentac with g- for w- through dissimilation (likely reinforced by reinterpretation as “good day”). This survived until recently in gmw-cfr Jodesdaach. See en Wednesday for more. Pronunciation de /ˈmɪtvɔx/ [ˈmɪt.vɔχ] [-fɔχ] [-ʋɔχ] de De-Mittwoch.oga de De-Mittwoch2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m,s:es[rare] Wednesday de rare, obsolete, Germanophile Wotanstag Wodenstag Declension m,s:es[rare] Derived terms de Aschermittwoch Mittwochabend mittwochabends Mittwochmittag mittwochmittags Mittwochmorgen mittwochmorgens Mittwochnachmittag mittwochnachmittags mittwochnachts mittwochs Mittwochsausgabe Mittwochvormittag mittwochvormittags See also de Wochentage Further reading de de Days of the week Hunsrik Pronunciation Noun m Mittwoch Wednesday Related terms hrx mittwochs See also References 113 1 Pennsylvania German pdc: Noun pdc noun m plural Mittwoche Wednesday Coordinate terms References Earl C. Haag, Pennsylvania German Reader and Grammar (2010, 0271038098)