Woche
German
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German woche, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German wohha, alteration of older wehha, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Compare English and Dutch week, West Frisian wike, Danish uge, Swedish vecka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɔxə/
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Noun
Woche f (genitive Woche, plural Wochen, diminutive Wöchlein n or Wöchelchen n)
- week (period of seven days counting from Monday to Sunday, or from Sunday to Saturday)
- ab nächster Woche ― from next week on
- week (any period of seven consecutive days)
- schon seit einer Woche ― for a week already
- week; weekdays (those days of a given week on which most people work)
- unter der Woche ― during the week
Declension
Derived terms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Woche” in Duden online
Pennsylvania German
Noun
Woche
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