Woche

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German woche, from Old High German wohha, alteration of older wëhha, from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Compare English week, Yiddish וואָך (vokh), Dutch week, West Frisian wike, Danish uge, Swedish vecka. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɔxə/ Hyphenation: Wo‧che === Noun === Woche f (genitive Woche, plural Wochen, diminutive Wöchlein n or Wöchelchen n) week (period of seven days counting from Monday to Sunday, or from Sunday to Saturday) ab nächster Woche ― from next week on vor Wochen ― weeks ago jede zweite Woche ― every other week Woche für Woche ― week after week week (any period of seven consecutive days) schon seit einer Woche ― for a week already week; weekdays (those days of a given week on which most people work) unter der Woche ― during the week ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Woche” in Duden online “Woche”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Woche”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891 == Hunsrik == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvoxə/ Rhymes: -oxə Syllabification: Wo‧che === Noun === Woche f plural of Woch == Pennsylvania German == === Noun === Woche plural of Woch