verk
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
verk n (genitive singular verks, plural verk)
Declension edit
| Declension of verk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n3 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | verk | verkið | verk | verkini |
| accusative | verk | verkið | verk | verkini |
| dative | verki | verkinum | verkum | verkunum |
| genitive | verks | verksins | verka | verkanna |
Synonyms edit
work
Derived terms edit
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.
Noun edit
verk n (genitive singular verks, nominative plural verk)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
verk
Ludian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *vërkko, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *werką. Cognates include Finnish verkko.
Noun edit
verk
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
verk m (definite singular verken, uncountable)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse verk, related to yrke (“profession”) and virke (“to function”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.
Noun edit
verk n (definite singular verket, indefinite plural verk or verker, definite plural verka or verkene)
- oeuvre
- industrial facility, works (UK) (treated as singular)
- work
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- bergverk
- bindingsverk
- bladverk
- byggverk
- drivverk
- festningsverk
- forsvarsverk
- gassverk
- glassverk
- hastverk
- hærverk
- håndverk
- iverksette
- jernverk
- kraftverk
- kruttverk
- kunstverk
- murverk
- nettverk
- oppslagsverk
- pelsverk
- rammeverk
- regelverk
- skadeverk
- slagverk
- smelteverk
- stålverk
- tauverk
- treverk
- underverk
- vannverk, vassverk
- verksted
- verktøy
- åndsverk
See also edit
- virke (verb form)
References edit
- “verk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
verk m (definite singular verken, uncountable)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse verk, related to yrke (“profession”) and virke (“to function”).
Noun edit
verk n (definite singular verket, indefinite plural verk, definite plural verka)
- industrial facility, works (UK) (treated as singular)
- work
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
verk
- imperative of verka
- imperative of verkja
References edit
- “verk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-. Cognate with Old English weorc.
Noun edit
verk n (genitive verks, plural verk)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
- verka (“to work”)
- yrki n sg (“a work”)
- yrkja (“to work; compose a text (especially in law or poetry)”)
Descendants edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
verk n
- 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
- a case, an event (under study or at hand)
- i själva verket
- in reality, actually
- an agency running directly under the government
- the electric or water services or some other services of a municipality, e.g. vattenverk, reningsverk, elverk, renhållningsverk (the latter: cleaning services)
- a mill; a machine or a facility for a certain kind of production or activity
- a unit formed by several smaller components
Declension edit
| Declension of verk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | verk | verket | verk | verken |
| Genitive | verks | verkets | verks | verkens |
Derived terms edit
- (work): hastverk, lappverk, mästerverk, standardverk, storverk, verka, verksam, översiktsverk
- (case): verklig
- (agency): televerk, verkschef
- (mill): järnverk, kraftverk, reningsverk, sågverk, valsverk, värmeverk, verkmästare
- (unit): fackverk, lövverk, murverk, urverk
Descendants edit
- → Finnish: värkätä
See also edit
References edit
- verk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- verk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- verk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- verk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Veps edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *vërkko, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *werką. Cognates include Finnish verkko.
Noun edit
verk
Declension edit
| Inflection of verk (inflection type 1/ilo) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | verk | ||
| genitive sing. | verkon | ||
| partitive sing. | verkod | ||
| partitive plur. | verkoid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | verk | verkod | |
| accusative | verkon | verkod | |
| genitive | verkon | verkoiden | |
| partitive | verkod | verkoid | |
| essive-instructive | verkon | verkoin | |
| translative | verkoks | verkoikš | |
| inessive | verkos | verkoiš | |
| elative | verkospäi | verkoišpäi | |
| illative | verkoho | verkoihe | |
| adessive | verkol | verkoil | |
| ablative | verkolpäi | verkoilpäi | |
| allative | verkole | verkoile | |
| abessive | verkota | verkoita | |
| comitative | verkonke | verkoidenke | |
| prolative | verkodme | verkoidme | |
| approximative I | verkonno | verkoidenno | |
| approximative II | verkonnoks | verkoidennoks | |
| egressive | verkonnopäi | verkoidennopäi | |
| terminative I | verkohosai | verkoihesai | |
| terminative II | verkolesai | verkoilesai | |
| terminative III | verkossai | — | |
| additive I | verkohopäi | verkoihepäi | |
| additive II | verkolepäi | verkoilepäi | |