virke
Danish
Verb
virke (imperative virk, infinitive at virke, present tense virker, past tense virkede, perfect tense har virket)
- function properly
- Lommelygten virker ikke!
- The torch does not work!
- Lommelygten virker ikke!
- exert influence upon
- 1991, Karsten Friis-Jensen, Latin og nationalsprog i Norden efter reformationen: Konference 1.-5. august 1987, Biskops-Arnö, Museum Tusculanum Press →ISBN, page 179
- Han vil altså ikke tale om: sprog, der virker på mennesker ved konvention, f.eks. universalsprog; eller overhovedet om sprog som tegn, der meddeler et indhold.
- Thus, he does not want to talk about: languages, doing work on humans by convention, e.g. universal languagez; or about languages as signs conveying content at all.
- Han vil altså ikke tale om: sprog, der virker på mennesker ved konvention, f.eks. universalsprog; eller overhovedet om sprog som tegn, der meddeler et indhold.
- 1991, Karsten Friis-Jensen, Latin og nationalsprog i Norden efter reformationen: Konference 1.-5. august 1987, Biskops-Arnö, Museum Tusculanum Press →ISBN, page 179
- seem, appear
- Du virker lidt sur.
- You seem a little angry.
- Du virker lidt sur.
Conjugation
Inflection of virke
Finnish
Etymology
virkkaa + -e or virkkoa + -e
Pronunciation
Noun
virke
Usage notes
- Virke means only the whole sentence or set of clauses ending with a period, exclamation point or question mark. Thus, "Minä menen kouluun, vaikka en jaksaisi." is a virke where "Minä menen kouluun" is a lause (here more exactly: päälause) and "vaikka en jaksaisi" is a lause (here more exactly: sivulause).
Declension
Inflection of virke (Kotus type 48*A/hame, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | virke | virkkeet | |
genitive | virkkeen | virkkeiden virkkeitten | |
partitive | virkettä | virkkeitä | |
illative | virkkeeseen | virkkeisiin virkkeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | virke | virkkeet | |
accusative | nom. | virke | virkkeet |
gen. | virkkeen | ||
genitive | virkkeen | virkkeiden virkkeitten | |
partitive | virkettä | virkkeitä | |
inessive | virkkeessä | virkkeissä | |
elative | virkkeestä | virkkeistä | |
illative | virkkeeseen | virkkeisiin virkkeihin | |
adessive | virkkeellä | virkkeillä | |
ablative | virkkeeltä | virkkeiltä | |
allative | virkkeelle | virkkeille | |
essive | virkkeenä | virkkeinä | |
translative | virkkeeksi | virkkeiksi | |
abessive | virkkeettä | virkkeittä | |
instructive | — | virkkein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Compounds
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse virki (noun), and German wirken (verb)
Noun
virke n (definite singular virket, uncountable)
Derived terms
Verb
virke (imperative virk, present tense virker, passive virkes, simple past and past participle virka or virket, present participle virkende)
Derived terms
Terms derived from virke (verb)
References
- “virke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
virke n (definite singular virket, uncountable)
Synonyms
- (wood) vyrke
Derived terms
See also
References
- “virke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
virke n
Declension
Declension of virke | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | virke | virket | — | — |
Genitive | virkes | virkets | — | — |
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