Ukedager

Ukedager is a term used in Danish and Norwegian to refer to the days of the week that make up the standard workweek. The word is formed from uke (week) and dager (days). In everyday usage, ukedager typically denotes Monday through Friday, excluding the weekend days lørdag and søndag. In many contexts, ukedager are synonymous with hverdage (weekdays), especially in scheduling, timekeeping, and official documents.

In calendars and timetables, ukedager are used to distinguish regular workdays from weekends. For example, business hours, school days, and public transportation schedules often emphasize ukedage to indicate Monday to Friday operations, while weekend services may follow a different timetable.

Regional and linguistic variants exist: while Danish and Norwegian commonly use ukedager with the same meaning, other Nordic languages have their own terms (for instance, Swedish uses veckodagar). The concept is most commonly used in Nordic contexts and is less common in casual English-language texts, where weekdays is the preferred term.

Related concepts include weekday, workweek, and hverdage, which describe the standard sequence of workdays and the distinction from weekends.