Norwegian Vocabulary
lørdag
Norwegian word for Saturday
Definition
lørdag translates to Saturday in English.
Example sentence
Vi handler på lørdag.
Uses lørdag in a typical days context.
How to use this word
lørdag means "Saturday" in Norwegian. It's a days word commonly used in everyday Norwegian. You'll see lørdag in conversations about days, in textbooks, and in short phrases you'll hear in Norway. As a A1-level word in the CEFR scale, it's one of the first you should learn — master lørdag early and dozens of related sentences become instantly easier to follow.
Where does this word come from?
lørdag traces back to Old Norse laugardagr (LOW-gar-dah-gr).
Lørdag comes from Old Norse laugardagr — literally 'bath day,' from laug ('bath, pool'). Unlike the other Norwegian weekdays, it has no mythological origin; it reflects the practical Viking-age custom of bathing at the end of the week.
English Saturday takes a different route — from Latin Saturni dies ("Saturn's day")
Etymology from Norse tradition