different between week vs werk

English

Alternative forms

• weeke (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English weke, from Old English wice, wucu (“week”), from Proto-Germanic *wik? (“turn, succession, change, week”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, *weyk- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Related to Proto-Germanic *w?kan? (“to bend, yield, cease”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wiek, West Frisian wike, Dutch week, German Woche, Danish uge, Norwegian Nynorsk veke, Swedish vecka, Icelandic vika, Gothic ???????????????? (wik?, “turn for temple service”), Latin vicis. Related also to Old English w?can (“to yield, give way”), English weak and wick.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /wik/
• enPR: w?k, IPA^(key): /wi?k/
• Rhymes: -i?k
• Homophone: weak

Noun

week (plural weeks)

1. Any period of seven consecutive days.
2. A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
3. A period of five days beginning with Monday.
4. A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.

5. Seven days after (sometimes before) a specified date.

Synonyms

• hebdomad, sennight

Hypernyms

• time, day, month, year

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• (days of the week) day of the week; Sunday,? Monday,? Tuesday,? Wednesday,? Thursday,? Friday,? Saturday ^{(Category: en:Days of the week) [edit]}
• Sabbath
• calendar

Further reading

• ISO 8601 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch week, from Middle Dutch weke, from Old Dutch *wika, from Proto-Germanic *wik?, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Compare English week, West Frisian wike, German Woche.

Noun

week (plural weke)

1. week

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?k/
• Hyphenation: week
• Rhymes: -e?k

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch w?ke, from Old Dutch *wika, from Proto-Germanic *wik?, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).

Noun

week f (plural weken, diminutive weekje n)

1. week

Derived terms

• feestweek
• van de week
• weekblad
• weekloon
• wekelijks

Descendants

• Afrikaans: week

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch wêec, from Old Dutch *w?k, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz.

Adjective

week (comparative weker, superlative weekst)

1. soft, tender, fragile
2. weak, gentle, weakhearted

Inflection

Antonyms

• hard

Derived terms

• weekdier
• weekheid
• weke delen (in Dutch plurale tantum): soft tissues

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

week

1. first-person singular present indicative of weken
2. imperative of weken

Verb

week

1. singular past indicative of wijken

Anagrams

• weke

Middle English

Noun

week

1. Alternative form of weke (“week”)

English

Noun

werk (plural werks)

1. Obsolete form of work.

Anagrams

• w**ker

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???rk/

Etymology 1

From Dutch werk, from Old Dutch *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werk?, from Proto-Indo-European *wér?om.

Noun

werk (plural werke, diminutive werkie)

1. work

Derived terms

• werkboek

Etymology 2

From Dutch werken, from Middle Dutch werken, from Old Dutch wirken, wirkon (“to work, make”), from Proto-Germanic *wirkijan? (“to work, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer?-, *wre?- (“to work, act”).

Verb

werk (present werk, present participle werkende, past participle gewerk)

1. work

Related terms

• werker

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??rk/
• Hyphenation: werk
• Rhymes: -?rk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch werc, from Old Dutch *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werk?, from Proto-Indo-European *wér?om.

Noun

werk n (plural werken, diminutive werkje n)

1. A task, job, chore.

   Het werk dat moest gebeuren, is voltooid. — The thing that must be done is finished.

2. A profession, job, employment, line of work.

   Het werk van Hans is buschauffeur. — The profession of Hans is bus driver.

3. A workplace

   Hans kwam vandaag te laat aan op het werk. — Today Hans arrived to the workplace too late.

4. 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.

5. (dialectal) tow, oakum

   Synonym: hede

Synonyms

• arbeid

Derived terms

- output, product(ion)

Related terms

• werken

Descendants

• Afrikaans: werk

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

werk

1. first-person singular present indicative of werken
2. imperative of werken

Middle English

Alternative forms

• wirk, work

Etymology

From Old English weorc. See English work for more.

Noun

werk (plural werks)

1. work
2. sexual intercourse
   • 1422, James Yonge (translator), Secretum Secretorum:

References

• “werk, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *werk?, whence also Old High German werc, Old Norse verk.

Noun

werk n

1. work

Declension

Scots

Noun

werk (plural werkis)

1. Obsolete form of wirk (“work”).

References

• “wirk” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.