werk
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
werk (plural werks)
- Obsolete form of work.
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Dutch werk, from Old Dutch *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.
Noun[edit]
werk (plural werke, diminutive werkie)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Dutch werken, from Middle Dutch werken, from Old Dutch wirken, wirkon (“to work, make”), from Proto-Germanic *wirkijaną (“to work, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-, *wreǵ- (“to work, act”).
Verb[edit]
werk (present werk, present participle werkende, past participle gewerk)
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Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Dutch werc, from Old Dutch *werk, from Proto-West Germanic *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.
Noun[edit]
werk n (plural werken, diminutive werkje n)
- A task, job, chore.
- Het werk dat moest gebeuren, is voltooid. — The thing that must be done is finished.
- A profession, job, employment, line of work.
- Het werk van Hans is buschauffeur. — The profession of Hans is bus driver.
- A workplace
- Hans kwam vandaag te laat aan op het werk. — Today Hans arrived to the workplace too late.
- A product, creation; production, output, result of work.
- Het werk van Magritte zal op de veiling verkocht worden. — The work of Magritte will be sold by auction.
- (dialectal) tow, oakum
- Synonym: hede
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- output, product(ion)
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Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
werk
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English weorc, from Proto-West Germanic *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werką. Compare werken.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
werk (plural werks)
- work
- sexual intercourse
- 1422, James Yonge (translator), Secretum Secretorum:
- The work of matremony may be ussit and don... without anny Syn
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- 1422, James Yonge (translator), Secretum Secretorum:
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “werk, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Saxon[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *werk, whence also Old High German werc, Old Norse verk.
Noun[edit]
werk n
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | werk | werk |
accusative | werk | werk |
genitive | werkes | werkō |
dative | werke | werkun |
instrumental | — | — |
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German Werk, from Middle High German wërc, from Old High German werc, from Proto-West Germanic *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom. Possibly a doublet of wiersza (“fishing basket”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
werk m inan
- (colloquial) clockwork
- (engineering, obsolete) mechanism
- Synonym: mechanizm
- (cinematography) photo documenting the film set
- Hypernym: zdjęcie
Declension[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
- werk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- werk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scots[edit]
Noun[edit]
werk (plural werkis)
- Obsolete form of wirk (“work”).
References[edit]
- “wirk” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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