Wednesday
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» School begins at half past eight except on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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13 sentencesSchool begins at half past eight except on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Tom sets the table on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Mary sets the table on the other days.
deMontags, mittwochs und freitags deckt Tom den Tisch, an den übrigen Tagen Maria. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Only unemployed people date on Wednesdays.
Тільки безробітні ходять на побачення по середах. — Ahha
ruТолько безработные ходят на свидания по средам. — FeuDRenais
Meaning
1 senses(Canada, US, informal, not comparable)On Wednesday.
mittwochs
Origin
From Middle English Wednesday, from unattested Old English *wēdnesdæġ (“Wednesday”), synchFrom Middle English Wednesday, from unattested Old English *wēdnesdæġ (“Wednesday”), synchronically an i-mutated form of attested wōdnesdæġ (itself from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag, its reflex Middle English Wodnesdei falling into disuse), from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdinas dag also attested in Old Frisian wednesdei and Middle Dutch wenesdach. In any case, a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Mercuriī (“day of Mercury”) and Koine Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”) Ἑρμοῦ (Hermoû, “of Hermes”), via an association of the god Odin (“Woden”) with Mercury and Hermes. See also Japanese 水曜日 (“Mercury's day”).
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