Vasárnap

Vasárnap is the Hungarian name for Sunday, the seventh day of the week in most calendars. In Hungary, as in many European countries, the week is often considered to begin on Monday, but vasárnap remains the standard term for this day. Traditionally, Sunday has been associated with rest and religious observance in Christian communities, and this association continues to influence cultural practice and language.

In everyday language, vasárnap is used both as a temporal reference and as the basis for related adjectives such as vasárnapi. The term appears in common phrases like vasárnapi mise (Sunday Mass), vasárnapi ebéd (Sunday lunch), and vasárnapi program (Sunday program). People commonly plan family activities, leisure, or worship on Sundays, and some services or events are scheduled specifically for this day.

Etymology and usage: the word vasárnap has deep historical and cultural roots in Hungarian, reflecting the day’s significance in religious and social life. It functions as a stand-alone noun for Sunday and also yields the derived adjective vasárnapi to describe things tied to Sunday.

See also: Days of the week in Hungarian; Hungarian language; Culture of Hungary.