werk
See also: Werk
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɛːrk/
Etymology 1
From Dutch werk, from Old Dutch *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.
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”).
Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛrk
- IPA(key): /ʋɛrk/
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Noun
werk n (plural werken, diminutive werkje n)
- task, job, chore
- Het werk dat moest gebeuren, is voltooid. — The thing that must be done is finished.
- profession (line of work)
- Het werk van Hans is buschauffeur. — The profession of Hans is bus driver.
- workplace
- Hans kwam vandaag te laat aan op het werk. — Today Hans arrived to the workplace too late.
- product (result of work)
- Het werk van Magritte zal op de veiling verkocht worden. — The work of Magritte will be sold by auction.
- (dialectal) Coarse fibres and woody parts of flax and hemp, discarded as garbage.
- Synonym: hede
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Derived terms
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *werką, whence also Old High German werc, Old Norse verk.
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