D-dagen

Norwegian Bokmål
Amerikanske soldater stormer Omaha Beach den 6. juni 1944, populært kalt D-dagen. — American soldiers storm Omaha Beach the 6th of July 1994, popularly called D-Day.

Etymology

From English D-Day, where the D refers to the word dag (“day”), from Old Norse dagr (“day”), from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, to be illuminated”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdeːdɑːɡn̩/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑːɡn̩
  • Hyphenation: D‧dag‧en
  • Homophone: DD

Proper noun

D-dagen

  1. (historical) D-Day (the 6 June 1944, the date during World War II when the Allies invaded western Europe.)
    D-dagen er relatert til andre verdenskrig
    D-Day is related to World War 2

See also

Noun

D-dagen m

  1. definite singular of D-dag

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