Wednesday is the
day of the
week between
Tuesday and
Thursday. The
astrological sign of the planet
Mercury represents Wednesday, which was
dies mercurii to the Romans. In English, this became
Woden's Day, since the Roman god
Mercury was identified with Woden in northern Europe.
When Sunday is taken as the first of the week, Wednesday is the day in the middle of the week; correspondingly the German word for Wednesday is Mittwoch (middle of the week). Also it is in the middle of a working week from Monday through Friday. However, see also Thursday and ISO 8601.
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