werken

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɛrkə(n)/
  • audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch werken, from Old Dutch wirken, from Proto-Germanic *wirkijaną (to work, make), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (to work, act).

Verb

werken

  1. (intransitive) to work, labour
  2. (intransitive) to work, to be effective
  3. (intransitive) to function, be in working order
  4. (transitive, amateur radio) to contact
Inflection
Conjugation of werken (weak)
infinitive werken
past singular werkte
past participle gewerkt
infinitive werken
gerund werken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular werk werkte
2nd person sing. (jij) werkt, werk2 werkte
2nd person sing. (u) werkt werkte
2nd person sing. (gij) werkt werkte
3rd person singular werkt werkte
plural werken werkten
subjunctive sing.1 werke werkte
subjunctive plur.1 werken werkten
imperative sing. werk
imperative plur.1 werkt
participles werkend gewerkt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Synonyms

(labour):

(function):

Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

werken

  1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of werk

German

Etymology

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(deprecated template usage)

From Middle High German wërken, from Old High German werkōn, werhōn, from Proto-Germanic *werkōną. Cognate with Old Saxon werkōn, Old Dutch wirkon.

Pronunciation

Verb

Template:de-verb-weak

  1. (colloquial or obsolete) to work, to work hard

Synonyms

Further reading


Mapudungun

Noun

werken (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. messenger

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch wirken, from Proto-Germanic *wirkijaną.

Verb

werken

  1. to act
  2. to work
  3. to practice

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: werken
  • Limburgish: wèrke

Further reading