verk
Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
verk n (genitive singular verks, plural verk)
Declension[edit]
Declension of verk | ||||
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n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | verk | verkið | verk | verkini |
accusative | verk | verkið | verk | verkini |
dative | verki | verkinum | verkum | verkunum |
genitive | verks | verksins | verka | verkanna |
Synonyms[edit]
work
Derived terms[edit]
Icelandic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.
Noun[edit]
verk n (genitive singular verks, nominative plural verk)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
verk
Ludian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *vërkko, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *werką. Cognates include Finnish verkko.
Noun[edit]
verk
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
verk m (definite singular verken, uncountable)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Norse verk, related to yrke (“profession”) and virke (“to function”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.
Noun[edit]
verk n (definite singular verket, indefinite plural verk or verker, definite plural verka or verkene)
- oeuvre
- industrial facility, works (UK) (treated as singular)
- work
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- bergverk
- bindingsverk
- bladverk
- byggverk
- drivverk
- festningsverk
- forsvarsverk
- gassverk
- glassverk
- hastverk
- hærverk
- håndverk
- iverksette
- jernverk
- kraftverk
- kruttverk
- kunstverk
- murverk
- nettverk
- oppslagsverk
- pelsverk
- rammeverk
- regelverk
- skadeverk
- slagverk
- smelteverk
- stålverk
- tauverk
- treverk
- underverk
- vannverk, vassverk
- verksted
- verktøy
- åndsverk
See also[edit]
- virke (verb form)
References[edit]
- “verk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
verk m (definite singular verken, uncountable)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Norse verk, related to yrke (“profession”) and virke (“to function”).
Noun[edit]
verk n (definite singular verket, indefinite plural verk, definite plural verka)
- industrial facility, works (UK) (treated as singular)
- work
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
verk
- imperative of verka
- imperative of verkja
References[edit]
- “verk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams[edit]
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-. Cognate with Old English weorc.
Noun[edit]
verk n (genitive verks, plural verk)
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- verka (“to work”)
- yrki n sg (“a work”)
- yrkja (“to work; compose a text (especially in law or poetry)”)
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: verk
- Faroese: verk
- Norwegian Bokmål: verk
- Norwegian Nynorsk: verk
- Old Swedish: værk
- Swedish: verk
- Old Danish: værk
- Danish: værk
- Old Gutnish: werk
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
verk n
- a work; something which has been accomplished
- Den tredje symfonin är kompositörens mest betydelsefulla verk
- The third symphony is the composer's most important work
- a case, an event (under study or at hand)
- i själva verket
- in reality, actually
- an agency running directly under the government
- the electric or water services or some other services of a municipality, e.g. vattenverk, reningsverk, elverk, renhållningsverk (the latter: cleaning services)
- a mill; a machine or a facility for a certain kind of production or activity
- a unit formed by several smaller components
Declension[edit]
Declension of verk | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | verk | verket | verk | verken |
Genitive | verks | verkets | verks | verkens |
Derived terms[edit]
- (work): hastverk, lappverk, mästerverk, standardverk, storverk, verka, verksam, översiktsverk
- (case): verklig
- (agency): televerk, verkschef
- (mill): järnverk, kraftverk, reningsverk, sågverk, valsverk, värmeverk, verkmästare
- (unit): fackverk, lövverk, murverk, urverk
Descendants[edit]
- → Finnish: värkätä
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- verk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- verk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- verk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- verk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Veps[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *vërkko, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *werką. Cognates include Finnish verkko.
Noun[edit]
verk
Declension[edit]
Inflection of verk (inflection type 1/ilo) | |||
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nominative sing. | verk | ||
genitive sing. | verkon | ||
partitive sing. | verkod | ||
partitive plur. | verkoid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | verk | verkod | |
accusative | verkon | verkod | |
genitive | verkon | verkoiden | |
partitive | verkod | verkoid | |
essive-instructive | verkon | verkoin | |
translative | verkoks | verkoikš | |
inessive | verkos | verkoiš | |
elative | verkospäi | verkoišpäi | |
illative | verkoho | verkoihe | |
adessive | verkol | verkoil | |
ablative | verkolpäi | verkoilpäi | |
allative | verkole | verkoile | |
abessive | verkota | verkoita | |
comitative | verkonke | verkoidenke | |
prolative | verkodme | verkoidme | |
approximative I | verkonno | verkoidenno | |
approximative II | verkonnoks | verkoidennoks | |
egressive | verkonnopäi | verkoidennopäi | |
terminative I | verkohosai | verkoihesai | |
terminative II | verkolesai | verkoilesai | |
terminative III | verkossai | — | |
additive I | verkohopäi | verkoihepäi | |
additive II | verkolepäi | verkoilepäi |
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