werken
See also: Werken
Dutch
Pronunciation
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
- (intransitive) to work, labour
- (intransitive) to work, to be effective
- (intransitive) to function, be in working order
- (transitive, amateur radio) to contact
Inflection
Conjugation of werken (weak) | ||||
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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
- werker
- werking
- werkster
- werkman
- werkbaar
- werkplaats
- werkplek
- werkvloer
- werkvrouw
- werkzaam
- afwerken
- bewerken
- bijwerken
- doorwerken
- inwerken
- meewerken
- opwerken
- samenwerken
- tegenwerken
- uitwerken
- verwerken
- wegwerken
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
werken
- (deprecated template usage) Plural form of werk
German
Etymology
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From Middle High German wërken, from Old High German werkōn, werhōn, from Proto-Germanic *werkōną. Cognate with Old Saxon werkōn, Old Dutch wirkon.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
- (colloquial or obsolete) to work, to work hard
Synonyms
Related terms
Further reading
- “werken” in Duden online
Mapudungun
Noun
werken (using Raguileo Alphabet)
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
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
- “werken (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “werken (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
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