wirken
German
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Etymology
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From Middle High German wirken and würken/wurken. The verb wirken is derived from Proto-Germanic *wirkijaną, whereas würken/wurken is derived from *wurkijaną; both verbs from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
- to work (to function correctly)
- to be effective
- to take effect
- to act, behave as
- (manufacturing) to knit
- (baking) to knead
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “wirken”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
Further reading
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wirkijaną.
Verb
wirken
Inflection
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Descendants
Further reading
- “wirken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Categories:
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- de:Manufacturing
- de:Baking
- Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Dutch lemmas
- Old Dutch verbs
- Old Dutch class 1 weak verbs