Woche
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From 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, Dutch week, West Frisian wike, Danish uge, Swedish vecka.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Woche 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
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Woche [feminine]
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “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
HunsrikEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Woche f
Pennsylvania GermanEdit
NounEdit
Woche