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Illustration of the A1 German word “der Donnerstag”, which translates to “Thursday”. A giant, friendly wooden hammer tapping a cloud, causing musical lightning notes to shower down like confetti.
A giant, friendly wooden hammer tapping a cloud, causing musical lightning notes to shower down like confetti.

der Donnerstag , -e

A1 · noun

Thursday

/ˈdɔnɐstaːk/

Plural

Plural die Donnerstage

Donnerstag in a sentence

Examples

Donnerstag ist unser Sporttag.

Thursday is our sports day.

Wir haben am Donnerstag eine Besprechung.

We have a meeting on Thursday.

How to remember it

DONNERSTAG sounds like 'DONNER-stahg'. Think 'THUNDER-day' ('Donner' is thunder) – Thursday is the thunder day!

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