week
See also: Wéëk
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- weeke (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English weke, from Old English wiċe, wucu (“week”), from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“turn, succession, change, week”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, *weyk- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Related to Proto-Germanic *wīkaną (“to bend, yield, cease”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wiek, West Frisian wike, Dutch week, German Woche, Danish uge, Norwegian Nynorsk veke, Swedish vecka, Icelandic vika, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 (wikō, “turn for temple service”), Latin vicis. Related also to Old English wīcan (“to yield, give way”), English weak and wick.
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /wik/
- enPR: wēk, IPA(key): /wiːk/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -iːk
- Homophone: weak
NounEdit
week (plural weeks)
- Any period of seven consecutive days.
- 2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68:
- Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
- A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
- A period of five days beginning with Monday.
- 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.
- A 4-day week consists of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
SynonymsEdit
HypernymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
period of seven days
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See alsoEdit
- (days of the week) day of the week; Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday (Category: en:Days of the week) [edit]
- calendar
- Sabbath
AdjectiveEdit
week (not comparable)
- (postpositive) Seven days after (sometimes before) a specified date.
- I'll see you Thursday week.– "I'll see you a week from Thursday."
Further readingEdit
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch week, 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.
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
week (plural weke)
- week
- Daar is sewe dae in die week. ― There are seven days in the week.
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch wēke, from Old Dutch *wika, from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).
NounEdit
week f (plural weken, diminutive weekje n)
- week, period of seven days.
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Afrikaans: week
- Berbice Creole Dutch: weki
- Jersey Dutch: wêk
- Negerhollands: week
- → Arawak: wiki
- →? Sranan Tongo: wiki
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Dutch wêec, from Old Dutch *wēk, from Proto-West Germanic *waikw, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz.
AdjectiveEdit
week (comparative weker, superlative weekst)
InflectionEdit
| Inflection of week | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | week | |||
| inflected | weke | |||
| comparative | weker | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | week | weker | het weekst het weekste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | weke | wekere | weekste |
| n. sing. | week | weker | weekste | |
| plural | weke | wekere | weekste | |
| definite | weke | wekere | weekste | |
| partitive | weeks | wekers | — | |
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- weekdier
- weekhartig
- weekheid
- weke delen (in Dutch plurale tantum): soft tissues
- weken (verb)
DescendantsEdit
- Jersey Dutch: wîk
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
week
VerbEdit
week
AnagramsEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
NounEdit
week
- Alternative form of weke (“week”)