In Dutch Good Friday is known as Goede Vrijdag, in Frisian as Goedfreed. In German-speaking countries, Good Friday is generally referred to as Karfreitag (Kar from Old High German kara‚ “bewail”, “grieve”‚ “mourn”, Freitag for “Friday”): Mourning Friday. The Kar prefix is a cognate of the English word “care” in the sense of cares and woes; it meant mourning. The day is also known as Stiller Freitag (“Silent Friday”) and Hoher Freitag (“High Friday, Holy Friday”). In the Nordic countries it is called “The Long Friday”. In Greek, Polish and Hungarian, Good Friday is generally referred to as Great Friday (Μεγάλη Παρασκευή, Wielki Piątek, Nagypéntek). In Bulgarian, Good Friday is called either Велики петък – Great Friday, or, more commonly, Разпети петък (approximate pronunciation ‘razpeti petak’) which literally translates to “Crucified Friday”. In French, Good Friday is referred to as Vendredi saint (“Holy Friday”).