Dienstag

Spread via the Lower Rhineland from Middle Low German dingesdach and Middle Dutch dinsendach (both with variants). Probably from *þingsus-dagaz (“Day of Thingsus”). Thingsus is the attested Latin name of a Germanic god who may or may not be the same as Tiw (Old High German Ziu, for whom compare Ziestag). Further particulars unsettled. Another theory is that it is the “Day of the Thing”. Dienstag is cognate with Dutch dinsdag.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːnsˌtaːk/ (standard)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːnsˌtax/ (northern Germany and parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial)
• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːnsˌtaːx/ (parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial)

• Homophone: Diensttag (except possibly in very careful speech)

Dienstag m (genitive Dienstags or Dienstages, plural Dienstage)

1. Tuesday

• Dienstagabend
• dienstäglich
• dienstags

• Ergetag
• Ziestag
• (days of the week) Tage der Woche, Wochentage (im weiteren Sinne); Montag, Dienstag, Mittwoch, Donnerstag, Freitag, Samstag / Sonnabend, Sonntag ^{(Category: de:Days of the week)}

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