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Sonnabend

der Sonnabend

Sonnabend is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Sonnabende
English
Saturday
Level
B1
Topic
Time

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Why is it der Sonnabend?

Sonnabend is a day of the week, and days of the week are masculine: der Sonnabend.

Days of the week
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] North German, East Central German, officially used in the GDR: weekday between Friday and Sunday

[1] norddeutsch, ostmitteldeutsch, in der DDR amtssprachlich benutzt: Wochentag zwischen Freitag und Sonntag

Examples

[1] Saturday should be nice .

[1] Sonnabend soll es schön werden.

[1] "Fierce fighting broke out around the economic metropolis of Aleppo on Saturday ." [2]

[1] „Um die Wirtschaftsmetropole Aleppo sind am Sonnabend heftige Gefechte entbrannt.“[2]
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "In addition, people probably knew that Saturday was the day to go out ." [3]

[1] „Darüber hinaus wussten die Leute vermutlich, dass der Sonnabend der Ausgehtag schlechthin war.“[3]

[1] “On this eventful, fateful Saturday, Kufalt woke up early, very early” [4]

[1] „An diesem ereignisreichen, schicksalsvollen Sonnabend wachte Kufalt früh auf, ganz früh.“[4]

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Sonnabend die Sonnabende
Genitiv des Sonnabends der Sonnabende
Dativ dem Sonnabend den Sonnabenden
Akkusativ den Sonnabend die Sonnabende

Pronunciation

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