Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en fredag

Friday/ˈfreːdɑːɡ/

Meaning

Friday

In Swedish: veckans femte dag

Forms

Forms of fredag
Singular, indefiniteen fredag
Singular, definitefredagen
Plural, indefinitefredagar
Plural, definitefredagarna

fredag is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor fredag, den stora fredagen. Check another noun

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fredag in a sentence

  • Fredag den trettonde ses som en otursdag av många.
    Friday the thirteenth is considered an unlucky day by many.
  • Vi träffades i fredags
    We met this / last Friday

Words built with fredag

  • fredagskväll Friday evening

Questions

What does fredag mean in English?

fredag means “Friday”.

Is it en fredag or ett fredag?

It is en fredag, and “the Friday” is fredagen.

What is the plural of fredag?

The plural of fredag is fredagar, and the definite plural is fredagarna.

Origin

From Old Norse frjádagr, from late Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag (“day of Frigg”), a Germanic calque of the Latin dies Veneris (“friday”).

Nearby common words

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary