verk
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
verk n (genitive singular verks, plural verk)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of verk | ||||
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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 |
SynonymsEdit
work
Derived termsEdit
IcelandicEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.
NounEdit
verk n (genitive singular verks, nominative plural verk)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
verk
LudianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *verkko, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *werką. Cognates include Finnish verkko.
NounEdit
verk
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
verk m (definite singular verken, uncountable)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Norse verk, related to yrke (“profession”) and virke (“to function”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.
NounEdit
verk n (definite singular verket, indefinite plural verk or verker, definite plural verka or verkene)
- oeuvre
- industrial facility, works (UK) (treated as singular)
- work
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
- virke (verb form)
ReferencesEdit
- “verk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
verk m (definite singular verken, uncountable)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Norse verk, related to yrke (“profession”) and virke (“to function”).
NounEdit
verk n (definite singular verket, indefinite plural verk, definite plural verka)
- industrial facility, works (UK) (treated as singular)
- work
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
VerbEdit
verk
- imperative of verka
- imperative of verkja
ReferencesEdit
- “verk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
AnagramsEdit
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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
- actually (in the actual case)
- 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
DeclensionEdit
Declension of verk | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | verk | verket | verk | verken |
Genitive | verks | verkets | verks | verkens |
Derived termsEdit
- (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
DescendantsEdit
- → Finnish: värkätä
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- 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)
VepsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *verkko, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *werką. Cognates include Finnish verkko.
NounEdit
verk