Norwegian Vocabulary
tirsdag
Norwegian word for Tuesday
Definition
tirsdag translates to Tuesday in English.
Example sentence
Tirsdag er en travel dag.
Uses tirsdag in a typical days context.
How to use this word
tirsdag means "Tuesday" in Norwegian. It's a days word commonly used in everyday Norwegian. You'll see tirsdag 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 tirsdag early and dozens of related sentences become instantly easier to follow.
Where does this word come from?
tirsdag traces back to Old Norse Týs-dagr (TEES-dah-gr).
Tirsdag comes from Old Norse Týs-dagr — 'Tyr's day.' Tyr was the Norse god associated with law, oaths, and just combat, and the English word Tuesday carries the same root through shared Germanic heritage.
Tuesday — "Tiw's day," Tiw being the Old English name for Tyr
Etymology from Norse tradition