verk

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɛɹ̥k/ === Noun === verk n (genitive singular verks, plural verk) work Synonyms: arbeiði, gerð, vinna, starv í óðum verkum ― planless, unmotivated seta í verk ― put into operation works, product power plant e.g. clockwork (administration) service, system ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvɛr̥k] 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) work, chore creation, work, doings composition ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== See also ===== erfiði === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== verk indefinite accusative singular of verkur indefinite dative singular of verkur == Ludian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *vërkko, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *werką. Cognates include Finnish verkko. === Noun === verk net == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse verkr (“pain”). The sense “pus” perhaps influenced by dialectal var (“rheum”); compare Swedish var (“pus”). ==== Noun ==== verk m (definite singular verken, uncountable) pain, ache Synonym: smerte pus Synonym: puss ===== Derived terms ===== tannverk øreverk === 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 work ===== Synonyms ===== arbeid jobb ===== Derived terms ===== ==== See also ==== virke (verb) === References === “verk” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʋɛrk/ IPA(key): /ʋæʂk/ (Trøndelag) === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse verkr. ==== Noun ==== verk m (definite singular verken, uncountable) pain, ache pus inflammation ===== Derived terms ===== tannverk === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse verk, related to yrke (“profession”) and virke (“to function”). ==== Noun ==== verk n (definite singular verket, indefinite plural verk, definite plural verka) industrial facility, works (UK) (treated as singular) work ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== verk imperative of verka imperative of verkja === References === “verk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. === Anagrams === krev, kver == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-. Cognate with Old English weorc. === Noun === verk n (genitive verks, plural verk) work, deed ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== verka (“to work”) yrki n sg (“a work”) yrkja (“to work; compose a text (especially in law or poetry)”) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: verk Faroese: verk Norwegian Bokmål: verk Norwegian Nynorsk: verk Old Swedish: værk Swedish: verk Old Danish: wærk Danish: værk Old Gutnish: werk == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɛrk/ Homophone: värk === Noun === verk n a work; something which has been accomplished a case, an event (under study or at hand) i själva verket ― in reality, actually an agency running directly under the government ett skatteverk ― a tax agency ett sjöfartsverk ― a maritime administration a mill; a machine or a facility for a certain kind of production or activity ett stålverk ― a steel mill the electric or water services or some other services of a municipality, e.g. vattenverk, reningsverk, elverk, renhållningsverk (the latter: cleaning services) ett reningsverk ― a water treatment plant a unit formed by several smaller components ett urverk ― a clockwork ett lövverk ― a foliage (literally, “a leaf-work”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Finnish: värkätä ==== See also ==== arbete === References === “verk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “verk”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “verk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) verk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) == Veps == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *vërkko, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *werką. Cognates include Finnish verkko. === Noun === verk net spiderweb ==== Declension ====