Polyglot Dictionary

Sonnabend

/ˈzɔnˌʔaːbn̩t/

der noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Sonnabende

Meaning

  1. Saturday (regional, chiefly northern/eastern Germany)

    A regional synonym for Samstag.

    • Am Sonnabend fahren wir zu meiner Oma.

      On Saturday we're going to my grandma's.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Samstag

Same day, regional split: Sonnabend ("Sunday-eve") is used in northern and eastern Germany, Samstag everywhere else and in Austria and Switzerland.

Practice

1 What does Sonnabend mean?

2 Fill the gap: Am ___ fahren wir zu meiner Oma.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Sonnabend?

See also

noun

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