7 Days of the Week

Everybody knows that there are 7 "days of the week".

But do you know that there are only 5 "weekdays"?

And of course there are 2 days at the "weekend".

The days of the week come from the Names of mythical figures,
so the first letter of each day must be a CAPITAL letter.



Days of the Week:

Monday = associated with the Moon

Tuesday = from the god Tiw, associated with Mars

Wednesday = from Germanic god Odin

Thursday = from Germanic god of thunder Thor

Friday = from Germanic goddess Frigga associated with Venus

Saturday = associated with Saturn

Sunday = associated with the Sun



Weekdays:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Weekend:

Saturday, Sunday



Here are the abbreviations:

Mo., Mon.

Tu., Tue., Tues.

We., Wed.

Th., Thu., Thur., Thurs.

Fr., Fri.

Sa., Sat.

Su., Sun.



(The most common abbreviations are the ones with 3 letters.)

You'll find more about days, weeks and months at: