werken

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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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

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werken

  1. (intransitive) to work, labour
    Synonyms: arbeiden, zwoegen
    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
    Synonyms: functioneren, het doen
    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.
Conjugation
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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 werk werkte
2nd person sing. (jij) werkt, werk2 werkte
2nd person sing. (u) werkt werkte
2nd person sing. (gij) werkt werkte
3rd person singular werkt werkte
plural werken werkten
subjunctive sing.1 werke werkte
subjunctive plur.1 werken werkten
imperative sing. werk
imperative plur.1 werkt
participles werkend gewerkt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
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 werk wrocht
2nd person sing. (jij) werkt, werk2 wrocht
2nd person sing. (u) werkt wrocht
2nd person sing. (gij) werkt wrocht
3rd person singular werkt wrocht
plural werken wrochten
subjunctive sing.1 werke wrochte
subjunctive plur.1 werken wrochten
imperative sing. werk
imperative plur.1 werkt
participles werkend gewrocht
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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adjective
interjection
nouns
verbs
Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: werk
  • Jersey Dutch: wärke
  • Negerhollands: werk, wark

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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werken

  1. plural of werk

German

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Etymology

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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

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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

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Mapudungun

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Noun

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werken (Raguileo spelling)

  1. messenger

References

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

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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

Verb

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werken

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

Inflection

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Descendants

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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werken

  1. to work

Conjugation

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Descendants

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References

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