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| English | Latin | French | Spanish | Italian | Named after | |||||
| Monday |
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dies Lunae |
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Lundi |
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Lunes |
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Lunedi |
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The Moon |
| Tuesday |
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dies Martis |
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Mardi |
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Martes |
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Martedi |
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Mars |
| Wednesday |
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dies Mercurii |
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Mercredi |
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Miercoles |
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Mercoledi |
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Mercury |
| Thursday |
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dies Jovis |
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Jeudi |
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Jueves |
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Giovedi |
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Jupiter |
| Friday |
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dies Veneris |
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Vendredi |
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Viernes |
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Venerdi |
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Venus |
| Saturday |
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dies Saturni |
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Samedi |
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Sabado |
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Sabato |
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Saturn |
| Sunday |
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dies Solis |
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Dimanche |
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Domingo |
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Domenica |
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"the Lord['s day]" |
The original Latin names honoured the heavenly bodies and not the deities. The statement about Sunday being named after "the Lord's day" obviously applies only to French, Spanish and Italian; in Latin (and in English) it's named after the Sun.
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| Monday |
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The Moon |
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Montag |
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The Moon |
| Tuesday |
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Tiw |
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Dienstag |
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Mars (Germanicised) |
| Wednesday |
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Woden |
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Mittwoch |
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Midweek |
| Thursday |
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Thor |
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Donnerstag |
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Donar - the Germanic equivalent of Thor |
| Friday |
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Frigg |
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Freitag |
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Frige |
| Saturday |
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Saturn |
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Samstag |
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Saturn |
| Sunday |
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The Sun |
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Sonntag |
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The Sun |
The Germanic peoples substituted the names of their own gods for Mars, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus; the degree of correspondence varies.
Tiw was the Norse god of war (or combat); Woden was the Old English name for Odin, chief of the Aesir deities (i.e. most of them); Thor was the god of thunder; Frigg (sometimes Frige or Freyja – they may or may not have a common origin) was the wife of Odin; the planet Venus was known as "Frigg's star".
| Alternative name for Saturday, used in northern Germany (and in the former GDR) - meaning "Sunday eve" |
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Sonnabend |
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