virke
Danish
editVerb
editvirke (imperative virk, infinitive at virke, present tense virker, past tense virkede, perfect tense har virket)
- function properly
- Lommelygten virker ikke!
- The torch does not work!
- Lommelygten virker ikke!
- to work, to labor
- Synonym: arbejde
- 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.
- seem, appear
- Du virker lidt sur.
- You seem a little angry.
- Du virker lidt sur.
Conjugation
editInflection of virke
Noun
editvirke
- (uncountable) work, labor
Declension
editDeclension of virke
neuter gender |
Singular | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | virke | virket |
genitive | virkes | virkets |
Finnish
editEtymology
editvirkkaa (“to say, utter”) (dialectal) + -e. Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1880.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvirke
Usage notes
edit- 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, while "Minä menen kouluun" is a lause (or more exactly a päälause) and vaikka en jaksaisi is a lause (or more exactly a sivulause).
Declension
editInflection of virke (Kotus type 48*A/hame, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | virke | virkkeet | |
genitive | virkkeen | virkkeiden virkkeitten | |
partitive | virkettä | virkkeitä | |
illative | virkkeeseen | virkkeisiin virkkeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | virke | virkkeet | |
accusative | nom. | virke | virkkeet |
gen. | virkkeen | ||
genitive | virkkeen | virkkeiden virkkeitten | |
partitive | virkettä | virkkeitä | |
inessive | virkkeessä | virkkeissä | |
elative | virkkeestä | virkkeistä | |
illative | virkkeeseen | virkkeisiin virkkeihin | |
adessive | virkkeellä | virkkeillä | |
ablative | virkkeeltä | virkkeiltä | |
allative | virkkeelle | virkkeille | |
essive | virkkeenä | virkkeinä | |
translative | virkkeeksi | virkkeiksi | |
abessive | virkkeettä | virkkeittä | |
instructive | — | virkkein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “virke”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse virki (noun), and German wirken (verb).
Noun
editvirke n (definite singular virket, uncountable)
- (uncountable) business; work
- of or related to woodwork
Derived terms
editVerb
editvirke (imperative virk, present tense virker, passive virkes, simple past and past participle virka or virket, present participle virkende)
Derived terms
editTerms derived from virke (verb)
References
edit- “virke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse virki, influenced by Norwegian Bokmål virke. Doublet of vyrke n.
Noun
editvirke n (definite singular virket, uncountable)
Synonyms
edit- (wood): vyrke
Derived terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- “virke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editvirke n
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | virke | virkes |
definite | virket | virkets | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
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