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dag.

day (period of 24 hours)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/dɑx/
  1. day (period of 24 hours)

    masculine
    We gaan over twee dagen op vakantie.
    Een dag duurt 24 uur.
  2. daytime (time between sunrise and sunset)

    masculine
    De dierentuin is geopend tijdens de dag, zodat bezoekers de dieren in hun natuurlijke omgeving kunnen zien.
    We genieten van de zon en het strand tijdens de dag.
  3. a meeting or assembly with legal or political power, originally convened on a specific day; a diet

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch dach, from Old Dutch dag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.

noun/dɑx/
  1. a piece of rope, used to punish sailors with, on the spot or in running the gauntlet

    feminine
  2. a line used to fasten young sailors while training boarding a hostile ship or climbing the rigging

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Unknown. Compare French dague (“spiked end of the whipping rope”).

intj/dɑx/
  1. hello, short for goedendag (“good day”) 'goodday; goodbye'

  2. goodbye, same shortening

Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch dach, from Old Dutch dag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.

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