werk

See also: Werk

English

Noun

werk (plural werks)

  1. Obsolete form of work.

Anagrams


Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɛːrk/

Etymology 1

From Dutch werk, from Old Dutch *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.

Noun

werk (plural werke, diminutive werkie)

  1. work
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Dutch werken, from Middle Dutch werken, from Old Dutch wirken, wirkon (to work, make), from Proto-Germanic *wirkijaną (to work, make), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-, *wreǵ- (to work, act).

Verb

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

  1. work

Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛrk
  • IPA(key): /ʋɛrk/
  • (file)

Noun

werk n (plural werken, diminutive werkje n)

  1. task, job, chore
    Het werk dat moest gebeuren, is voltooid. The thing that must be done is finished.
  2. profession (line of work)
    Het werk van Hans is buschauffeur. The profession of Hans is bus driver.
  3. workplace
    Hans kwam vandaag te laat aan op het werk. Today Hans arrived to the workplace too late.
  4. product (result of work)
    Het werk van Magritte zal op de veiling verkocht worden. The work of Magritte will be sold by auction.
  5. (dialectal) Coarse fibres and woody parts of flax and hemp, discarded as garbage.
    Synonym: hede

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

werk

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

Middle English

Noun

werk (plural werks)

  1. work

Old Saxon

Etymology

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

Noun

werk n

  1. work

Declension


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