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Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

en onsdag

Wednesday/ˈʊnsdɑːɡ/

Meaning

Wednesday

In Swedish: veckans tredje dag

Forms

Forms of onsdag
Singular, indefiniteen onsdag
Singular, definiteonsdagen
Plural, indefiniteonsdagar
Plural, definiteonsdagarna

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

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Is it en onsdag or ett onsdag?

onsdag in a sentence

  • Vi träffades i onsdags
    We met this / last Wednesday

Questions

What does onsdag mean in English?

onsdag means “Wednesday”.

Is it en onsdag or ett onsdag?

It is en onsdag, and “the Wednesday” is onsdagen.

What is the plural of onsdag?

The plural of onsdag is onsdagar, and the definite plural is onsdagarna.

Origin

The word is originally a short form for Odens dag, meaning day of Oden.

Nearby common words

onsdag is number 2,857 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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  • 2,856sug strong attraction, suction apparatus
  • 2,858lucka door, trapdoor
  • 2,859paj broken; not working
  • 2,860slump hazard, chance
  • 2,861slakta kill, strip [down]
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