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DAY EXPRESSIONS > Intro | Glossary Part 2 | Day Quiz 1 | Date and Time Glossary

day care (n.)  e Ganztagsbetreuung
  day-care center   e Tagesstätte, e Kinderkrippe

daydream (n.)  r Tagtraum
daydreamer (n.)  r Tagträumer, e Tagträumerin

daylight (n.)  s Tageslicht
  to beat the living daylights out of s.o.   jemanden windelweich schlagen
  daylight saving time   e Sommerzeit
  in broad daylight   am helllichten Tag, am hellen Tag

days of the week (n.)   die Wochentage
  Monday thru Friday   werktags
  See Lektion 12: German for Beginners for all of the days of the week.

day shift (n.)  e Tagschicht

daytime (adj.)  Tages-, tagsüber, am Tag
daytime (n.)  r Tag
  What's your daytime phone number? Unter welcher Nummer sind Sie tagsüber erreichbar?

day trip (n.)  r Tagesausflug

dog days (n., pl.)  die Hundstage (pl.)

girl/man Friday (n.)   (das) Mädchen für alles

Good day!/G'day!/Hello!   Guten Tag!

today (adv.)  heute
today of all days (adv.)  ausgerechnet heute

weekdays, workdays (adv.)   werktags
  on weekdays, workdays (adv.)   werktags

What day is today?   Welchen Tag haben wir heute?

workaday, day-to-day (adj.)   alltäglich

workday (n.)   r Werktag
workdays (adv.)   werktags

yesterday (adv.)   gestern

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Day Expressions Quiz 1
Test yourself with our self-scoring quiz on "day" words and phrases.

Day Expressions Quiz 2
Version two of our self-scoring quiz on "day" words and phrases.

Lesson 12: German for Beginners
This lesson of our free online German course covers the days of the week, the calendar, dates and setting appointments.

Date and Time Glossary
Our annotated English-German glossary related to dates, time and time expressions.

Exercises, Quizzes and Tests
The start page for all of the quizzes and exercises for German at this site.

Lesson 10: German for Beginners
Lesson 10 of our free online German course has a "Wann?" section with "when" expressions.

Latin in German
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Days: Latin-Deutsch-English
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