virke

virke (imperative virk, infinitive at virke, present tense virker, past tense virkede, perfect tense har virket)

1. function properly

   Lommelygten virker ikke!

   The torch does not work!

2. exert influence upon
   • 1991, Karsten Friis-Jensen, Latin og nationalsprog i Norden efter reformationen: Konference 1.-5. august 1987, Biskops-Arnö, Museum Tusculanum Press →ISBN, page 179

     Han vil altså ikke tale om: sprog, der virker på mennesker ved konvention, f.eks. universalsprog; eller overhovedet om sprog som tegn, der meddeler et indhold.

     Thus, he does not want to talk about: languages, doing work on humans by convention, e.g. universal languagez; or about languages as signs conveying content at all.

3. seem, appear

   Du virker lidt sur.

   You seem a little angry.

virkkaa +‎ -e or virkkoa +‎ -e

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋirke̞ˣ]
• Hyphenation: vir‧ke

virke

1. (grammar) A sentence.

• Virke means only the whole sentence or set of clauses ending with a period, exclamation point or question mark. Thus, "Minä menen kouluun, vaikka en jaksaisi." is a virke where "Minä menen kouluun" is a lause (here more exactly: päälause) and "vaikka en jaksaisi" is a lause (here more exactly: sivulause).

• virkerakenne

From Old Norse virki (noun), and German wirken (verb)

virke n (definite singular virket, uncountable)

1. (uncountable) business; work
2. of or related to woodwork

• samvirke

virke (imperative virk, present tense virker, passive virkes, simple past and past participle virka or virket, present participle virkende)

1. to work
2. to affect
3. to seem

   det virker som en evighet ― it seems like an eternity

• “virke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse virki

virke n (definite singular virket, uncountable)

1. business; work
2. of or related to woodwork; wood, timber

• (wood) vyrke

• samvirke

• verke, verka

• “virke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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virke n

1. wood cut into boards or planks, to be used in carpentry or other construction work; lumber, timber