werken

See also: Werken

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɛrkə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch werken, from Old Dutch wirken, from Proto-West Germanic *wirkijan, from Proto-Germanic *wirkijaną (to work, make), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (to work, act).

Verb

werken

  1. (intransitive) to work, labour
    Hij werkt elke dag op het bouwterrein.
    He works at the construction site every day.
    Na een paar uur werken was het project voltooid.
    After a few hours of working, the project was completed.
  2. (intransitive) to function, work, be in working order
    De machine is oud, maar hij werkt nog steeds prima.
    The machine is old, but it still functions perfectly.
  3. (intransitive) to warp, settle
    De planken begonnen te werken door het vocht.
    The planks started to warp due to the moisture.
  4. (transitive, amateur radio) to contact
    Ik heb gisteravond een paar andere radioamateurs gewerkt in een DX-wedstrijd.
    Last night, I made contact with a few other radio amateurs in a DX contest.
Inflection

Much like wrought (past form of work) in English, all verb forms based on -wrocht- are considered to be archaic or obsolete.

Conjugation of werken (weak)
infinitive werken
past singular werkte
past participle gewerkt
infinitive werken
gerund werken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular werkwerkte
2nd person sing. (jij) werktwerkte
2nd person sing. (u) werktwerkte
2nd person sing. (gij) werktwerkte
3rd person singular werktwerkte
plural werkenwerkten
subjunctive sing.1 werkewerkte
subjunctive plur.1 werkenwerkten
imperative sing. werk
imperative plur.1 werkt
participles werkendgewerkt
1) Archaic.
Conjugation of werken (weak with past in -cht)
infinitive werken
past singular wrocht
past participle gewrocht
infinitive werken
gerund werken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular werkwrocht
2nd person sing. (jij) werktwrocht
2nd person sing. (u) werktwrocht
2nd person sing. (gij) werktwrocht
3rd person singular werktwrocht
plural werkenwrochten
subjunctive sing.1 werkewrochte
subjunctive plur.1 werkenwrochten
imperative sing. werk
imperative plur.1 werkt
participles werkendgewrocht
1) Archaic.
Synonyms

(labour):

(function):

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: werk
  • Jersey Dutch: wärke
  • Negerhollands: werk, wark

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

werken

  1. plural of werk

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wërken, from Old High German werkōn, werhōn, from Proto-Germanic *werkōną. Cognate with Old Saxon werkōn, Old Dutch wirkon.

Pronunciation

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Verb

werken (weak, third-person singular present werkt, past tense werkte, past participle gewerkt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to do handicraft, especially woodwork
    Synonym: (more common) werkeln
  2. (dated, literary or informal) to work manually
    Synonyms: arbeiten, schuften, (colloquial) ackern, malochen

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • werken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • werken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • werken” in Duden online
  • werken” in OpenThesaurus.de

Mapudungun

Noun

werken (Raguileo spelling)

  1. messenger

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch wirken, from Proto-Germanic *wirkijaną.

Verb

werken

  1. to act
  2. to work
  3. to practice

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: werken
  • Limburgish: wèrke

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • werchen, warken, worchen, wurchen

Etymology

From Old English wyrċan, from Proto-West Germanic *wurkijan, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛrkən/, /ˈwurkən/, /ˈwɛrtʃən/, /ˈwurtʃən/

Verb

werken

  1. to work

Conjugation

Descendants

References

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