Norwegian Vocabulary
torsdag
Norwegian word for Thursday
Definition
torsdag translates to Thursday in English.
Example sentence
Torsdag er før fredag.
Uses torsdag in a typical days context.
How to use this word
torsdag means "Thursday" in Norwegian. It's a days word commonly used in everyday Norwegian. You'll see torsdag 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 torsdag early and dozens of related sentences become instantly easier to follow.
Where does this word come from?
torsdag traces back to Old Norse Þórsdagr (THORS-dah-gr).
Torsdag comes from Old Norse Þórsdagr — 'Thor's day.' Thor was the Norse god of thunder and protection, and English Thursday preserves the same name through the shared Germanic inheritance of the weekday calendar.
Thursday — also 'Thor's day'
Etymology from Norse tradition