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Sonntagsspaziergang
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German
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Etymology
de :af Sonntag<t:Sunday> -s- Spaziergang<t:walk>
From de Sonntag Sunday -s- Spaziergang walk.
Pronunciation
de /ˈzɔntaːksʃpaˌt͡siːɐ̯ɡaŋ/
de De-Sonntagsspaziergang.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,(e)s,^e
A recreational walk on a Sunday.
de sonntäglicher Spaziergang
de Der Sonntagsspaziergang ist stets sehr wohltuend. A Sunday walk will always do you good. Der Sonntagsspaziergang: Ode an ein deutsches Ritual The Sunday walk: Ode to a German ritual Louisa Schaefer https://p.dw.com/p/3ZajJ 2022-05-25 Deutsche Welle 2022-12-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20261022001705/https://www.dw.com/de/der-sonntagsspaziergang-ode-an-ein-deutsches-ritual/a-52811681 22 October 2026
de by extension A relaxing walk on any day.
de Unseren Sonntagsspaziergang haben wir diesmal auf den Samstagabend verlegt. This time we moved our Sunday walk to Saturday evening. Sonntagsspaziergang am Samstag Sunday walk on a Saturday Laficelle https://laficellebloggt.blogspot.com/2014/09/sonntagsspaziergang-am-samstag.html 2014-09-27 Laficelle bloggt 2022-12-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20241219090529/https://laficellebloggt.blogspot.com/2014/09/sonntagsspaziergang-am-samstag.html 19 December 2024
Usage notes
de Sonntagsspaziergang usually means a walk on a Sunday.
In Germany/Austria/Switzerland, most people have the fewest obligations on a Sunday (no work, no school).
If the speaker is not talking about any particular Sunday, it could mean a relaxing walk on any day both the speaker and recipient are the least busy.
This includes Sunday, but could mean upcoming statutory holidays and possibly Saturdays, too.
Once a date for a relaxing walk on any day has been picked, it is usually not referred to as de Sonntagsspaziergang anymore (except if it is indeed on a Sunday).
Hypernyms
de Spaziergang
Related terms
de Sonntagsausflug