middag

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse miðdagr, miðr dagr, from miðr (middle) and dagr (day).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meda/, [ˈmed̥a]

Noun

middag c (singular definite middagen, plural indefinite middage)

  1. midday, noon
  2. dinner, banquet, lunch

Inflection


Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪ.dɑx/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: mid‧dag

Noun

middag m (plural middagen, diminutive middagje n)

  1. midday, noon
  2. afternoon

Derived terms

See also


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse miðdagr, miðr dagr, from miðr (middle) and dagr (day).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /middaɡ/, [ˈmɪd.daɡ]

Noun

middag m (definite singular middagen, indefinite plural middager, definite plural middagene)

  1. dinner (main meal of the day)
  2. noon, midday (around 12 noon)

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse miðdagr, miðr dagr, from miðr (middle) and dagr (day).

Noun

middag m (definite singular middagen, indefinite plural middagar, definite plural middagane)

  1. dinner (main meal of the day)
  2. noon, midday (around 12 noon)

Derived terms

References


Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse miðdagr, miðr dagr, from miðr (middle) and dagr (day); synchronically, mid- + dag (day).

Noun

middag c

  1. midday, noon
  2. dinner
  3. (dated, dialectal) lunch

Declension

Declension of middag 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative middag middagen middagar middagarna
Genitive middags middagens middagars middagarnas
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