Norwegian Vocabulary
fredag
Norwegian word for Friday
Definition
fredag translates to Friday in English.
Example sentence
Endelig er det fredag!
Uses fredag in a typical days context.
How to use this word
fredag means "Friday" in Norwegian. It's a days word commonly used in everyday Norwegian. You'll see fredag 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 fredag early and dozens of related sentences become instantly easier to follow.
Where does this word come from?
fredag traces back to Old Norse Frjádagr / Frjádagr (FREE-ah-dah-gr).
Fredag comes from Old Norse Frjádagr — traditionally 'Frigg's day,' named for the goddess associated with marriage, family, and foresight. English Friday shares this root, and in popular retellings the name is sometimes linked to Freyja, a related goddess of love and fertility.
Friday — 'Frigg's day' in Old English
Etymology from Norse tradition