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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”)