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russian word

day (a 24-hour period in Russian: день

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every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum

Сегодня тёплый день. Today is a warm day.

Я работаю шесть дней в неделю. I work six days a week.

Днём он спит, а ночью работает. He sleeps during the day and works at night.

Зимой день короткий, а ночь длинная. In winter the day is short and the night is long.

Днём я работаю, а вечером учусь. During the day I work, and in the evening I study.

Позвони мне завтра днём, часа в два. Call me tomorrow afternoon, around two o'clock.

What does день mean in Russian?

01

day (a 24-hour period; a date)

Сегодня тёплый день.

Today is a warm day.

Я работаю шесть дней в неделю.

I work six days a week.

02

daytime, the hours of daylight; in the daytime, by day (the instrumental form used as a time adverb)

Днём он спит, а ночью работает.

He sleeps during the day and works at night.

Зимой день короткий, а ночь длинная.

In winter the day is short and the night is long.

Днём я работаю, а вечером учусь.

During the day I work, and in the evening I study.

Позвони мне завтра днём, часа в два.

Call me tomorrow afternoon, around two o'clock.

Declension of день

Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.

singularplural
nomденьдни
genднядней
datднюдням
accденьдни
insднёмднями
prepднеднях

Used in expressions

с днём рожденияhappy birthday (what you say to someone on their birthday)
день рожденияbirthday, the yearly anniversary of the day a person was born
добрый деньgood afternoon, hello (neutral greeting used during the day)