Woche
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German woche, from Old High German wohha, alteration of older wehha, from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Compare English week, Yiddish וואָך (vokh), Dutch week, West Frisian wike, Danish uge, Swedish vecka.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editWoche f (genitive Woche, plural Wochen, diminutive Wöchlein n or Wöchelchen n)
- week (period of seven days counting from Monday to Sunday, or from Sunday to Saturday)
- ab nächster Woche ― from next week on
- vor Wochen ― weeks ago
- jede zweite Woche ― every other week
- Woche für Woche ― week after week
- week (any period of seven consecutive days)
- schon seit einer Woche ― for a week already
- week; weekdays (those days of a given week on which most people work)
- unter der Woche ― during the week
Declension
editDeclension of Woche [feminine]
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “Woche” in Duden online
- “Woche” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Woche”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Hunsrik
editPronunciation
editNoun
editWoche f
Pennsylvania German
editNoun
editWoche
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