Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.

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Noun

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verk n (genitive singular verks, plural verk)

  1. work
    • í óðum verkum
      planless, unmotivated
    • seta í verk
      put into operation
  2. works, product
  3. power plant
  4. e.g. clockwork
  5. (administration) service, system

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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

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work

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.

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verk n (genitive singular verks, nominative plural verk)

  1. work, chore
  2. creation, work, doings
  3. composition
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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verk

  1. indefinite accusative singular of verkur
  2. indefinite dative singular of verkur

Ludian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *vërkko, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *werką. Cognates include Finnish verkko.

Noun

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verk

  1. net

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse verkr.

Noun

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verk m (definite singular verken, uncountable)

  1. pain, ache
  2. pus
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse verk, related to yrke (profession) and virke (to function). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.

Noun

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verk n (definite singular verket, indefinite plural verk or verker, definite plural verka or verkene)

  1. oeuvre
  2. industrial facility, works (UK) (treated as singular)
  3. work
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse verkr.

Noun

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verk m (definite singular verken, uncountable)

  1. pain, ache
  2. pus
  3. inflammation
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse verk, related to yrke (profession) and virke (to function).

Noun

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verk n (definite singular verket, indefinite plural verk, definite plural verka)

  1. industrial facility, works (UK) (treated as singular)
  2. work
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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verk

  1. imperative of verka
  2. imperative of verkja

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-. Cognate with Old English weorc.

Noun

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verk n (genitive verks, plural verk)

  1. work, deed
    mikil verk
    great deeds

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  • verka (to work)
  • yrki n sg (a work)
  • yrkja (to work; compose a text (especially in law or poetry))

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: verk
  • Faroese: verk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: verk
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: verk
  • Old Swedish: værk
  • Old Danish: værk
  • Old Gutnish: werk

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.

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Noun

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verk n

  1. 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
  2. a case, an event (under study or at hand)
    i själva verket
    in reality, actually
  3. an agency running directly under the government
  4. the electric or water services or some other services of a municipality, e.g. vattenverk, reningsverk, elverk, renhållningsverk (the latter: cleaning services)
  5. a mill; a machine or a facility for a certain kind of production or activity
  6. a unit formed by several smaller components

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Veps

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *vërkko, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *werką. Cognates include Finnish verkko.

Noun

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verk

  1. net
  2. spiderweb

Declension

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Inflection of verk (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing. verk
genitive sing. verkon
partitive sing. verkod
partitive plur. verkoid
singular plural
nominative verk verkod
accusative verkon verkod
genitive verkon verkoiden
partitive verkod verkoid
essive-instructive verkon verkoin
translative verkoks verkoikš
inessive verkos verkoiš
elative verkospäi verkoišpäi
illative verkoho verkoihe
adessive verkol verkoil
ablative verkolpäi verkoilpäi
allative verkole verkoile
abessive verkota verkoita
comitative verkonke verkoidenke
prolative verkodme verkoidme
approximative I verkonno verkoidenno
approximative II verkonnoks verkoidennoks
egressive verkonnopäi verkoidennopäi
terminative I verkohosai verkoihesai
terminative II verkolesai verkoilesai
terminative III verkossai
additive I verkohopäi verkoihepäi
additive II verkolepäi verkoilepäi
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