Norwegian Vocabulary
onsdag
Norwegian word for Wednesday
Definition
onsdag translates to Wednesday in English.
Example sentence
Vi har møte på onsdag.
Uses onsdag in a typical days context.
How to use this word
onsdag means "Wednesday" in Norwegian. It's a days word commonly used in everyday Norwegian. You'll see onsdag 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 onsdag early and dozens of related sentences become instantly easier to follow.
Where does this word come from?
onsdag traces back to Old Norse Óðinsdagr (OH-thins-dah-gr).
Onsdag comes from Old Norse Óðinsdagr — 'Odin's day.' Odin was the chief god in the Norse pantheon, associated with wisdom, poetry, and runes; the English Wednesday preserves the same meaning through the Old English form Wōdnesdæg (Woden's day).
Wednesday — Wōdnesdæg, 'Woden's day'
Etymology from Norse tradition