freitags

on Fridays

adverb FRAI-tahks Less Common

Also means

every Friday

Usage Note

freitags means habitually on Fridays, the adverbial form of Freitag with lowercase spelling. It expresses repetition: freitags gibt es Fisch. For one specific Friday use am Freitag with the capitalised noun instead.

Examples

"Freitags endet die Schule früher."

Natural Translation

On Fridays school ends earlier.

Literal Translation

Fridays ends the school earlier.

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