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Illustration of the A1 German word “der Dienstag”, which translates to “Tuesday”. A meerkat stands bolt upright on sentry duty atop a termite mound, a guard's cap on its head, chest puffed, eyes narrowed in stiff officialdom.

Dienstag is part of German nouns A1–B1 and Goethe A1 vocabulary.

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derDienstag, -e

Tuesday

/ˈdiːnsˌtaːk/

Examples — Dienstag in a sentence

Am Dienstag habe ich frei.

On Tuesday I have off.

Wir treffen uns am Dienstag.

We meet on Tuesday.

How to remember it

DIENST-tag sounds like 'DEENST-tahg'. Imagine a 'dunce tag' on someone who always forgets it's Tuesday!

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