Norwegian Vocabulary
søndag
Norwegian word for Sunday
Definition
søndag translates to Sunday in English.
Example sentence
Søndag er en rolig dag.
Uses søndag in a typical days context.
How to use this word
søndag means "Sunday" in Norwegian. It's a days word commonly used in everyday Norwegian. You'll see søndag 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 søndag early and dozens of related sentences become instantly easier to follow.
Where does this word come from?
søndag traces back to Old Norse sunnudagr (SOON-noo-dah-gr).
Søndag comes from Old Norse sunnudagr — 'the sun's day,' linked to Sól (also called Sunna), the personified sun in Norse cosmology. English Sunday shares the same Germanic root, both inherited from the Latin planetary-day calendar.
Sunday — also 'sun's day'
Etymology from Norse tradition