week

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Afrikaans 2.1 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Derived terms 3.4 Adjective 3.4.1 Derived terms 3.4.2 Antonyms 3.5 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English weke < Old English wice < Proto-Germanic *wikon (“‘turn, succession’”) < Proto-Indo-European *weik (“‘to bend, wind’”). Related to Proto-Germanic *wikanan. The Dutch noun derives from a related verb *waikwaz, via the current Dutch form wijken 'to cede, give way'.

Related words are Old High German wohha (Modern German Woche), Old Frisian wike, Middle Dutch weke (“‘week’”), Old Saxon wika, Old Norse vika, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 (wikô), “‘turn for temple service’”), Old English wican (“‘to yield, give way’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: wēk, IPA: /wiːk/, SAMPA: /wi:k/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -iːk

• Homophones: weak

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia

week (plural weeks)

1. A period of seven days.
2. The seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
3. A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.

[edit] Derived terms

• bush week
• for weeks on end
• Holy Week
• weekend
• weekly

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[edit] See also

• ISO 8601 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:ISO 8601
• fortnight
• month
• nundinal cycle
• year

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[edit] Afrikaans

[edit] Noun

week (plural weke)

1. week

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /weɪk/
•  Audio^{help, file}

[edit] Etymology

See English (cognate) etymology above

[edit] Noun

week (plural weken, diminutive weekje, diminutive plural weekjes)

1. week

[edit] Derived terms

• weekblad n.
• wekelijks
• feestweek

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week, weke (comparative weker, wekere; superlative weekst, weekste)

1. soft, tender, fragile
2. weak, gentle, weakhearted

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• weekdier n.
• weekheid
• weekloon n.

[edit] Antonyms

• hard

[edit] Verb

week

1. imperative form and present tense singular of weken (to soak)
2. past tense singular of wijken (to give way)