Days of the Week

A multi-lingual Monday to Sunday table

The names of days in several languages spoken in Europe

What's a day after all?

From ancient Egypt, with its system of 24 stars and hours of different lengths, through sundials and mechanical clocks, to the adoption of the Prime Meridian at Greenwich, the concept of 'day' has a cosmic dimension too. It is defined by the time it takes the Earth to complete one rotation on its axis.

Day	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Bulgarian български	неделя	понеделник	вторник	сряда	четвъртък	петък	събота
Czech Čeština	neděle	pondělí	úterý	středa	čtvrtek	pátek	sobota
Danish Dansk	søndag	mandag	tirsdag	onsdag	torsdag	fredag	lørdag
Dutch Nederlands	zondag	maandag	dinsdag	woensdag	donderdag	vrijdag	zaterdag
English English	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Estonian Eesti	pühapäev	esmaspäev	teisipäev	kolmapäev	neljapäev	reede	laupäev
Finnish Suomi	sunnuntai	maanantai	tiistai	keskiviikko	torstai	perjantai	lauantai
French Français	dimanche	lundi	mardi	mercredi	jeudi	vendredi	samedi
German Deutsch	Sonntag	Montag	Dienstag	Mittwoch	Donnerstag	Freitag	Samstag
Greek Elinika	Κυριακή	Δευτέρα	Τρίτη	Τετάρτη	Πέμπτη	Παρασκευή	Σάββατο
Hungarian Magyar	vasárnap	hétfő	kedd	szerda	csütörtök	péntek	szombat
Irish Gaeilge	Dé Domhnaigh	Dé Luain	Dé Máirt	Dé Céadaoin	Déardaoin	Dé hAoine	Dé Sathairn
Italian Italiano	domenica	lunedì	martedì	mercoledì	giovedì	venerdì	sabato
Latvian Latviesu valoda	svētdiena	pirmdiena	otrdiena	trešdiena	ceturtdiena	piektdiena	sestdiena
Lithuanian Lietuviu kalba	sekmadienis	pirmadienis	antradienis	trečiadienis	ketvirtadienis	penktadienis	šeštadienis
Maltese Malti	il-ħadd	it-tnejn	it-tlieta	l-erbgħa	il-ħamis	il-ġimgħa	is-sibt
Polish Polski	niedziela	poniedziałek	wtorek	środa	czwartek	piątek	sobota
Portuguese Português	domingo	segunda-feira	terça-feira	quarta-feira	quinta-feira	sexta-feira	sábado
Romanian Română	duminică	luni	marţi	miercuri	joi	vineri	sâmbătă
Slovak Slovenčina	nedeľa	pondelok	utorok	streda	štvrtok	piatok	sobota
Slovene Slovenščina	Nedelja	Ponedeljek	Torek	Sreda	Četrtek	Petek	Sobota
Spanish Español	domingo	lunes	martes	miércoles	jueves	viernes	sábado
Swedish Svenska	söndag	måndag	tisdag	onsdag	torsdag	fredag	lördag

Other European Languages

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Albanian shqip	e diel	e hënë	e martë	e mërkurë	e enjte	e premte	e shtunë
Armenian	Կիրակի	Երկուշաբթի	Երեքշաբթի	Չորեքշաբթի	Հինգշաբթի	Ուրբաթ	Շաբաթ
Basque euskara	igandea	astelehena	asteartea	asteazkena	osteguna	ostirala	larunbata
Bosnian	nedjelja	ponedeljak	utorak	srijeda	cxetvrtak	petak	subota
Breton	Disul	Dilun	Dimeurzh	Dimerc’her	Diriaou	Digwener	Disadorn
Catalan	diumenge	dilluns	dimarts	dimecres	dijous	divendres	dissabte
Cornish	dy Sul	dy Lun	dy Meurth	dy Mergher	dy Yow	dy Gwener	dy Sadorn
Croatian	nedjelja	ponedjeljak	utorak	srijeda	cxetvrtak	petak	subota
Faroese	sunnudagur	mánadagur	týsdagur	mikudagur	hósdagur	fríggjadagur	leygardagur
Frisian	Snein	Moandei	Tiisdei	Woansdei	Tongersdei	Freed	Sneon
Esperanto	dimanĉo	lundo	mardo	merkredo	ĵaŭdo	vendredo	sabato
Icelandic	sunnudagur	mánudagur	þriðjudagur	miðvikudagur	fimmtudagur	föstudagur	laugardagur
Latin	dies solis	dies lunae	dies Martis	dies Mercurĭi	dies Jovis	dies Venĕris	dies Saturni
luxembourgish	Sonndeg	Méindeg	Dënschdeg	Mëttwoch	Donneschdeg	Freideg	Samschdeg
Macedonian	недела	понеделник	вторник	среда	четврток	петок	сабота
Manx	Jedoonee	Jelhune	Jemayrt	Jecrean	Jerdein	Jeheiney	Jesarn
Norwegian	søndag	mandag	tirsdag	onsdag	torsdag	fredag	lørdag
Romansh	dumengia	gliendischdis	mardis	mesjamna	gievgia	venderdis	sonda
Scots Gaelic	Di-Domhnaich	Di-Luain	Di-Mairt	Di-Ciadain	Di-Ardaoin	Di h-Aoine	Di-Sathurna
Scots	Sunday	Monanday	Tysday	Wadensday	Fuirsday	Friday	Seturday
Serbian	Недеља	Понедељак	Уторак	Среда	Четвртак	Петак	Субота
Swedish	söndag	måndag	tisdag	onsdag	torsdag	fredag	lördag
Ukrainian	неділя	понеділок	вівторок	середа	четвер	п'ятниця	субота
Walloon	dimenge	londi	mårdi	mierkidi	djudi	vénrdi	semdi
Welsh Cymraeg	dydd Sul	dydd Llun	dydd Mawrth	dydd Mercher	dydd Iau	dydd Gwener	dydd Sadwrn

Official United Nations languages

Arabic العربية	يوم الأحد	يوم الإثنين	يوم الثُّلَاثاء	يوم الأَرْبعاء	يوم الخَمِيس	يوم الجُمْعَ	يوم السَّبْت
English English	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Chinese 漢語	星期日 / 星期天	星期一	星期二	星期三	星期四	星期五	星期六
French Français	dimanche	lundi	mardi	mercredi	jeudi	vendredi	samedi
Spanish Español	domingo	lunes	martes	miércoles	jueves	viernes	sábado
Russian русский	воскресенье	понедельник	вторник	среда	четверг	пятница	суббота

Day	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
ISO 8601 #	7	1	2	3	4	5	6
Day	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday

Asiatic Languages

Day	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Belarusian	нядзеля	панядзелак	аўторак	серада	чацьвер	пятніца	сыбота
Bengali	Ravibaar	Sombaar	Mangalbaar	Budhbaar	Brihashpatibaar	Shukrabaar	Shanibaar
Gujarati	રવિવાર	સોમવાર	મંગળવાર	બુધવાર	ગુરૂવાર	શુક્રવાર	શનિવાર
Hebrew	יום ראשון	יום שני	יום שלישי	יום רביעי	יום חמישי	יום שישי	שבת
Hindi	रविवार	सोमवार	मंगलवार	बुधवार	गुरुवार	शुक्रवार	शनिवार
Indonesian	Minggu	Senin	Selasa	Rabu	Kamis	Jumat	Sabtu
Japanese	日曜日	月曜日	火曜日	水曜日	木曜日	金曜日	土曜日
Korean	일요일	월요일	화요일	수요일	목요일	금요일	토요일
Persian	یکشنبه	دوشنبه	سه شنبه	چهارشنبه	پنجشنبه	آدینه	شنبه
Sanskrit	रविवार	सोमवार	मंगलवार	बुधवार	गुरूवार	शुक्रवार	शनिवार
Tagalog	Linggo	Lunes	Martes	Miyerkules	Huwebes	Biyernes	Sabado
Tamil	ஞாயிறு	திங்கள்	செவ்வாய்	புதன்	வியாழன	வெள்ளி	சனி
Thai	วันอาทิตย์	วันจันทร์	วันอังคาร	วันพุธ	วันพฤหัส	วันศุกร์	วันเสาร์
Tibetan	gza' nyi ma	gza' zla ba	gza' mig mar	gza' lhag pa	gza' phur bu	gza' pa sangs	gza' spen pa
Turkish Türkçe	Pazar	Pazartesi	Salı	Çarşamba	Perşembe	Cuma	Cumartesi
Vietnamese	chủ nhật	thứ hai	thứ ba	thứ tư	thứ năm	thứ sáu	thứ bảy
Day	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Afrikaans	Sondag	Maandag	Dinsdag	Woensdag	Donderdag	Vrydag	Saterdag
Friulian	domenie	lunis	martars	miercus	joibe	vinars	sàbide
Occitan	dimenge	diluns	dimars	dimècres	dijóus	divendres	dissabte
Papiamento	djadomingo	djaluna	djamars	djarason	djaweps	djabièrna	djasabra
Plautdietsch	Sinndag	Moondag	Dinjsdag	Meddweakj	Donnadag	Friedag	Sinnovend
Tok Pisin	Sande	Mande	Tunde	Trinde	Fonde	Fraide	Sarere
Yiddish	זונטיק	מאָנטיק	דינסטיק	מיטװאָך	דאָנערשטיק	פֿרײַטיק	שבת

The English word 'day' has a most fascinating origin. It is Germanic, despite looking and sounding a bit like "dies', the Latin word for day. In Old English it was 'dæg', a close relative of the German 'tag' and the Dutch 'dag'.

The Online Etymology Dictionary goes even further and provides the meaning of 'dæg', as the interval during which the sun is above the horizon. For short, the daylight period. The word "day' started then referring to the whole 24 hours that everyone considers a full day, including nighttime.

In English, the days of the week are: Monday named after the Moon; Tuesday from Tiu or Tyr, Anglo Saxon or Norse god; Wednesday from Woden or Odin, Norse god; Thursday from Thor, Norse god; Friday from Freya, Norse goddess; Saturday from Saturn, Roman god; and Sunday is named after the Sun.