week

      English

      Etymology

      From Middle English weke, from Old English wice, wucu (“week”), from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“turn, succession, change, week”), from Proto-Indo-European *weig-, *weik- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Related to Proto-Germanic *wīkaną (“to bend, yield, cease”). The Dutch noun derives from a related verb *waikwaz (“to yield”), via the current Dutch form wijken (“to cede, give way”).

      Related words are Old High German wohha (Modern German Woche), Old Frisian wike (West Frisian wike), Middle Dutch weke (“week”) (modern Dutch week), Old Saxon wika, Old Norse vika (Icelandic vika, Norwegian veke Danish uge), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 (wikô, “turn for temple service”), Old English wīcan.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

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      1. Any period of seven consecutive days.
      2. A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
      3. A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.
      4. Seven days after (sometimes before) a specified date.
        I'll see you Thursday week.

      Derived terms

      Terms derived from week

      Translations

      period of seven days

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      Afrikaans

      Etymology

      From Dutch week.

      Noun

      week (plural weke)

      1. week
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      Dutch

      Pronunciation

      Etymology 1

      From Middle Dutch weke, from Old Dutch *wika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Compare English week, West Frisian wike, German Woche.

      Noun

      week f (plural weken, diminutive weekje)

      1. week
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      Etymology 2

      From Old Dutch *wēk, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz. Compare English and West Frisian weak, German weich.

      Adjective

      week (comparative weker, superlative weekst)

      1. soft, tender, fragile
      2. weak, gentle, weakhearted
      Declension
      Declension of week
      positive comparative superlative
      attributive predicative/adverbial
      predicative/adverbial week weker
      neuter
      singular      		 indefinite week weker
      definite weke wekere weekste weekst, weekste
      common singular weke wekere weekste weekste
      plural weke wekere weekste weekste
      partitive weeks wekers
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      Verb

      week

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

      Etymology 3

      Verb

      week

      1. singular past indicative of wijken

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