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Days, months and seasons

Days Months Seasons
Montag · Dienstag · Mittwoch Januar · Februar · März · April der Frühling — spring
Donnerstag · Freitag Mai · Juni · Juli · August der Sommer — summer
Samstag · Sonntag September · Oktober · November · Dezember der Herbst — autumn
der Winter — winter

They're all masculine, and the little word in front tells you which kind of time you mean:

  • am for days and parts of the day: am Montag, am Wochenende, am Abend.
  • im for months and seasons: im Juli, im Sommer.
  • um for clock times: um neun Uhr.
  • Add -s for a habit: montags — on Mondays, abends — in the evenings.

In parts of northern and eastern Germany, Berlin included, you'll also hear Sonnabend for Saturday. And in Austria, January is Jänner.