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Illustration of the A1 German word “der Montag”, which translates to “Monday”. A sloth hauls itself out of bed with its face still creased by the pillow, one eye open, fur flattened on one side, utterly defeated.

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

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derMontag, -e

Monday

/ˈmoːnˌtaːk/

Examples — Montag in a sentence

Der Montag ist der erste Wochentag.

Monday is the first day of the week.

Am Montag beginnen wir.

On Monday, we begin.

How to remember it

MON-tahg sounds like 'mount tag' — on 'Monday', you 'tag' the 'mount' to start the week.

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