Samstag

From Middle High German sameȥtac, samȥtac, from Old High German sambaȥtag (“Sabbath day”), from Gothic *𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰𐍄𐍉 (*sambatō), an alteration (possibly dialectal) of earlier, Biblical 𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰𐍄𐍉 (sabbatō). The altered Gothic form derives from Koine Greek σάββατον (sábbaton, “Sabbath”). Compare French samedi, Old French sambedi, Romansh somda, Romanian sâmbătă, Hungarian szombat, Old Church Slavonic сѫбота (sǫbota). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• IPA^(key): /ˈzamstaːk/ (standard)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈzamstax/ (northern Germany and parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial)
• IPA^(key): /ˈzamstaːx/ (parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsamstak/, [sɑmsd̥ɑɡ̥] (Southern Germany, Austria, Bavaria)

Samstag m (strong, genitive Samstages or Samstags, plural Samstage)

1. (now dominant except in former East Germany) Saturday

Samstag is a common word for “Saturday” in western Germany, southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (in standard usage). See Sonnabend for information on this synonym.

• (eastern and, traditionally, northern Germany): Sonnabend

• Tag

• samstags
• Karsamstag

• Sabbat
• Sabbattag
• Schabbat

• days of the week: Tage der Woche (appendix): Montag · Dienstag · Mittwoch · Donnerstag · Freitag · Samstag/Sonnabend · Sonntag ^[edit]

• “Samstag” in Duden online
• “Samstag”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)