dager

Dager is a word used in Norwegian Bokmål as the plural form of the noun dag, meaning days. It is used when referring to more than one day, such as in phrases like tre dager (three days) or i løpet av de neste dagene (during the coming days). The definite plural form is dagene.

Etymology and related forms: Dager derives from Old Norse dagr and is cognate with the Swedish dagar and the Danish dage, all rooted in Proto-Germanic *dagaz, and related to the English word day. In Norwegian Nynorsk, the corresponding plural is dagar, illustrating regional variation within Scandinavian languages.

Usage in Norwegian: In everyday language, dager appears in calendars, schedules, and discussions of durations. It functions as a standard plural noun for time spans measured in days and combines with numerals and time expressions, for example, fire dager, to dager, or over de neste dagene, depending on context and definite form.

Other uses: Outside everyday language, dager may appear as a surname or in names of places, organizations, or brands in Scandinavian contexts. It is less common as an English term, where the equivalent concept is simply “days.”

See also: Day, Dag, Dage, dagar. Notes the linguistic family connections among Scandinavian languages and the shared Proto-Germanic origin of the day-related terms.