Veckodag

Veckodag is a Swedish noun that denotes any day of the seven-day week. It is commonly used in calendars, schedules, and formal writing to refer to a specific day without naming it, or to discuss a day in general. The plural form is veckodagar, used when speaking of several days within a single week.

Etymology: The term is a compound of vecka (week) and dag (day). In ordinary usage, one can say "denna veckodag" (this weekday) or "en veckodag" (a weekday). The word does not by itself distinguish between weekends and weekdays; distinctions are made with other terms such as arbetsdag (working day) and helg (weekend).

Usage and conventions: Modern Swedish calendars commonly follow ISO 8601, which defines Monday as the first day of the week; therefore, the week typically begins on måndag in Swedish contexts.

Days of the week: The seven days are måndag, tisdag, onsdag, torsdag, fredag, lördag, söndag. Most day names are derived from Norse gods or celestial bodies: måndag from mån(e) (Moon), tisdag from Tyr, onsdag from Óðinn (Woden), torsdag from Tor, fredag from Frej or Frigg; lördag from Old Norse laugardagr meaning "bath day," and söndag from sun(n)dag meaning "Sun's day."

Examples: "På tisdag möter jag kunden." "Denna veckodag är måndag." The term allows neutral, precise descriptions of time.