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werk
English
Noun
werk (plural werks)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- A task, job, chore.
- Het werk dat moest gebeuren, is voltooid. — The thing that must be done is finished.
- A profession, job, employment, line of work.
- Het werk van Hans is buschauffeur. — The profession of Hans is bus driver.
- A workplace
- Hans kwam vandaag te laat aan op het werk. — Today Hans arrived to the workplace too late.
- 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.
- (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
- first-person singular present indicative of werken
- imperative of werken
Middle English
Alternative forms
- wirk, work
Etymology
From Old English weorc. See English work for more.
Noun
werk (plural werks)
- work
- sexual intercourse
- 1422, James Yonge (translator), Secretum Secretorum:
- 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
- work
Declension
Scots
Noun
werk (plural werkis)
- Obsolete form of wirk (“work”).
References
- “wirk” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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wery
English
Adverb
wery (comparative more wery, superlative most wery)
- Pronunciation spelling of very.
Adjective
wery (comparative more wery, superlative most wery)
- Pronunciation spelling of very.
Anagrams
- Wyer, Wyre, ewry, wyer, wyre
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