verk
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛɹ̥k/
Noun
Declension
Declension of verk | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛr̥k/
- Rhymes: -ɛr̥k
Etymology 1
From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.
Noun
verk n (genitive singular verks, nominative plural verk)
Declension
Derived terms
- handaverk
- kraftaverk
- meistaraverk
- gangverk
- verksmiðja
- verkefni
- tónverk
- miðverk
See also
Ludian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *verkko, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *werką. Cognates include Finnish verkko.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 2
From Old Norse verk, related to yrke (“profession”) and virke (“to function”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.
Noun
verk n (definite singular verket, indefinite plural verk or verker, definite plural verka or verkene)
- oeuvre
- industrial facility, works (UK) (treated as singular)
- work
Derived terms
See also
- virke (verb form)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɛrk/
Derived terms
Noun
verk n (definite singular verket, indefinite plural verk, definite plural verka)
- industrial facility, works (UK) (treated as singular)
- work
Derived terms
References
- “verk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /værk/
audio (file) - Homophone: värk
Noun
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
Declension
Declension of verk | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | verk | verket | verk | verken |
Genitive | verks | verkets | verks | verkens |
Derived terms
- (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
Descendants
- → Finnish: värkätä
See also
References
- 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)
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *verkko, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *werką. Cognates include Finnish verkko.