verk

From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.

• IPA^(key): /vɛɹ̥k/

verk n (genitive singular verks, plural verk)

1. work
   • í óðum verkum

     planless, unmotivated

   • seta í verk

     put into operation

2. works, product
3. power plant
4. e.g. clockwork
5. (administration) service, system

work

• arbeiði, gerð, vinna, starv

• IPA^(key): /vɛr̥k/
• Rhymes: -ɛr̥k

From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.

verk n (genitive singular verks, nominative plural verk)

1. work, chore
2. creation, work, doings
3. composition

• handaverk
• kraftaverk
• meistaraverk
• gangverk
• verksmiðja
• verkefni
• tónverk

• erfiði

verk

1. indefinite accusative singular of verkur
2. indefinite dative singular of verkur

Related to Finnish verkko.

verk

1. net

From Old Norse verkr

verk m (definite singular verken, uncountable)

1. pain, ache
2. pus

• tannverk
• øreverk

From Old Norse verk, related to yrke (“profession”) and virke (“to function”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.

verk n (definite singular verket, indefinite plural verk or verker, definite plural verka or verkene)

1. oeuvre
2. industrial facility, works (UK) (treated as singular)
3. work

• arbeid
• jobb
• -verk

• virke (verb form)

• “verk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse verkr

verk m (definite singular verken, uncountable)

1. pain, ache
2. pus

• tannverk

From Old Norse verk, related to yrke (“profession”) and virke (“to function”).

verk n (definite singular verket, indefinite plural verk, definite plural verka)

1. industrial facility, works (UK) (treated as singular)
2. work

verk

1. imperative of verka

verk

1. imperative of verkja

• “verk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.

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• IPA^(key): /værk/
• homophone: värk

verk n

1. a work; something which has been accomplished

   den tredje symfonin är kompositörens mest betydelsefulla verk

   the third symphony is the composer's most important work

2. a case, an event (under study or at hand)

   i själva verket

   actually (in the actual case)

3. an agency running directly under the government
4. the electric or water services or some other services of a municipality, e.g. vattenverk, elverk, renhållningsverk (the latter: cleaning services)
5. a mill; a machine or a facility for a certain kind of production or activity
6. a unit formed by several smaller components

• (work): hastverk, lappverk, mästerverk, storverk, verka, verksam
• (case): verklig
• (agency): televerk, verkschef
• (mill): järnverk, kraftverk, reningsverk, sågverk, valsverk, värmeverk, verkmästare
• (unit): fackverk, lövverk, murverk, urverk

• Finnish: värkätä

• arbete

Related to Finnish verkko.

verk

1. net