Let’s learn the days of the week in the Dutch language. Let’s start with the first four days. Also feel free to watch the video with audio:
First off: the days of the week aren’t written with capitals and all days end with the Dutch word for day, which is ‘dag.’ As you can see, Monday is very close to its Dutch equivalent. One trick to remember Monday in Dutch: ‘maan’ means the moon. Same so for Thursday: ‘donder’ means thunder.
Second part of the week: Friday is in Dutch literally free-day. And Sunday, just like in English, is sun-day. On calendars, you might see the following abbreviations. They’re simply the first two letters of the days of the week:
One last thing: to say ‘on’ a particular day, we use ‘op’ in Dutch. So you say ‘op maandag’, meaning on Monday.
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