dag.
day (period of 24 hours)
Meaning & usage
day (period of 24 hours)
We gaan over twee dagen op vakantie.
Een dag duurt 24 uur.
daytime (time between sunrise and sunset)
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.
a meeting or assembly with legal or political power, originally convened on a specific day; a diet
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch dach, from Old Dutch dag, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.
a piece of rope, used to punish sailors with, on the spot or in running the gauntlet
a line used to fasten young sailors while training boarding a hostile ship or climbing the rigging
Where this word comes from
Unknown. Compare French dague (“spiked end of the whipping rope”).
hello, short for goedendag (“good day”) 'goodday; goodbye'
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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.