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English

Alternative forms

• week-end (dated)
• w/e (occasional use)

Etymology

From week +? end. Originally a Northern England regionalism (see 1903 quotation), in more general use from late 19th century. Compare West Frisian wykein (“weekend”), Dutch weekeinde (“weekend”), German Low German Wekenenn (“weekend”), German Wochenende (“weekend”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /wi??k?nd/, /?wi??k?nd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?wi?k?nd/
• Homophone: weakened

Noun

weekend (plural weekends)

1. The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in western countries, Saturday and Sunday.

Usage notes

Historically in North America and parts of Europe, people would often work on Saturday as well, or at least until noon on Saturday. Thus the “weekend” might begin at noon or later on Saturday in older texts.

To describe the soonest upcoming weekend:

• (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) “at the weekend”, “on the weekend”, “this weekend”, “for the weekend”
• (US, Canada) “on the weekend”, “this weekend”, “for the weekend” (“at the weekend” is not used)

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Arabic: ??????
• ? Czech: víkend
• ? French: weekend
• ? German: Wochenende (calque)
• ? Hungarian: víkend
• ? Italian: weekend
• ? Polish: weekend
• ? Russian: ???-??? (uik-end)
• ? Serbo-Croatian: vìkend
• ? Slovak: víkend
• ? Swedish: weekend

Translations

Verb

weekend (third-person singular simple present weekends, present participle weekending, simple past and past participle weekended)

1. To spend the weekend.

Adjective

weekend (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to or for the weekend.

2. Occurring at the weekend.

Translations

Further reading

• weekend on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English weekend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??i?????n?d?], [?wi?????nd?]

Noun

weekend c (singular definite weekenden, plural indefinite weekender)

1. weekend

Inflection

See also

• weekend on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English weekend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ik?nt/
• Hyphenation: week?end

Noun

weekend n (plural weekenden or weekends, diminutive weekendje n)

1. weekend

Synonyms

• weekeinde

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English weekend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi.k?nd/

Noun

weekend m (plural weekends)

1. (1990 spelling reform) Alternative form of week-end

   Synonym: fin de semaine (Canada)

Italian

Alternative forms

• week-end

Etymology

Borrowed from English weekend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi?k?nd/, [wi?k?n?d?]

Noun

weekend m (invariable)

1. weekend

   Synonym: fine settimana

Polish

Etymology

From English weekend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wi.k?nt/

Noun

weekend m inan

1. weekend

Declension

Derived terms

• (verb) weekendowa?
• (noun) weekendowicz
• (adjective) weekendowy

Related terms

• (adverb) weekendowo

Further reading

• weekend in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• weekend in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

From English weekend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi?k.?nd/, /vi?k.?nd/

Noun

weekend c

1. a weekend (break in the working week)

Declension

Synonyms

• helg
• veckoslut