welk
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English welken, probably from a continental Germanic language; compare Middle Dutch welken (Dutch welken) and Middle Low German welken. Cognate with German welken. Ultimately, from Proto-West Germanic *wilkijan (“to become soft”), from Proto-Germanic *welkaz (“soft, withered”), according to Kluge, related to *wulkną (“cloud”).
Compare also Old English wealwian (“to fade, wither”), Old English wlacu (“tepid, lukewarm”).
Verb
welk (third-person singular simple present welks, present participle welking, simple past and past participle welked)
- (obsolete) Of a plant: to wither, wilt, decay.
- (obsolete) To diminish; to lose brightness, to wane.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 23, page 9:
- As gentle Shepheard in ſweete euentide, / When ruddy Phebus gins to welke in weſt, [...]
- 1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Cavvses that hitherto have Hindred it; republished as Will Taliaferro Hale, editor, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England (Yale Studies in English; LIV), New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1916, →OCLC, 2nd book, page 257:
- [T]he Church that before by inſenſible degrees welk'd and impair'd, now with large ſteps went down hill decaying; [...]
- (dialectal) to soak, steep.
- (dialectal) to thrash, beat severely.
- To contract; to shorten.
- 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Nouember. Ægloga Vndecima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 44, verso:
- (transitive) To form into wrinkles or ridges.
Etymology 2
Noun
welk (plural welks)
- Alternative form of whelk
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch welc, from Old Dutch *wilik, *welik, from Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz.
Pronunciation
Determiner
welk
- which (what, of those mentioned or implied)
Inflection
Declension of welk | ||||
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uninflected | welk | |||
inflected | welke | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | ||||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | welke | ||
n. sing. | welk | |||
plural | welke | |||
definite | welke | |||
partitive |
Pronoun
welk
- (relative) which
Declension
Descendants
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From Middle High German welc, from Old High German welk; see the verb welken. Cognate with Hunsrik wellich.
Pronunciation
Adjective
welk (strong nominative masculine singular welker, comparative welker, superlative am welksten or am welkesten)
Declension
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist welk | sie ist welk | es ist welk | sie sind welk | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | welker | welke | welkes | welke |
genitive | welken | welker | welken | welker | |
dative | welkem | welker | welkem | welken | |
accusative | welken | welke | welkes | welke | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der welke | die welke | das welke | die welken |
genitive | des welken | der welken | des welken | der welken | |
dative | dem welken | der welken | dem welken | den welken | |
accusative | den welken | die welke | das welke | die welken | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein welker | eine welke | ein welkes | (keine) welken |
genitive | eines welken | einer welken | eines welken | (keiner) welken | |
dative | einem welken | einer welken | einem welken | (keinen) welken | |
accusative | einen welken | eine welke | ein welkes | (keine) welken |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist welker | sie ist welker | es ist welker | sie sind welker | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | welkerer | welkere | welkeres | welkere |
genitive | welkeren | welkerer | welkeren | welkerer | |
dative | welkerem | welkerer | welkerem | welkeren | |
accusative | welkeren | welkere | welkeres | welkere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der welkere | die welkere | das welkere | die welkeren |
genitive | des welkeren | der welkeren | des welkeren | der welkeren | |
dative | dem welkeren | der welkeren | dem welkeren | den welkeren | |
accusative | den welkeren | die welkere | das welkere | die welkeren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein welkerer | eine welkere | ein welkeres | (keine) welkeren |
genitive | eines welkeren | einer welkeren | eines welkeren | (keiner) welkeren | |
dative | einem welkeren | einer welkeren | einem welkeren | (keinen) welkeren | |
accusative | einen welkeren | eine welkere | ein welkeres | (keine) welkeren |
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Further reading
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English weoloc, wiloc, wioloc, weluc, from Proto-West Germanic *weluk.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
welk (plural welkes)
Descendants
References
- “welk(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Verb
welk
- Alternative form of welken (“to dry out”)
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