verk

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

• IPA^(key): /vɛɹ̥k/

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

Declension of verk
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

work

• arbeiði, gerð, vinna, starv

• IPA^(key): /vɛr̥k/
• Rhymes: -ɛr̥k

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

verk n (genitive singular verks, nominative plural verk)

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

• handaverk
• kraftaverk
• meistaraverk
• gangverk
• verksmiðja
• verkefni
• tónverk
• miðverk

• erfiði

verk

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

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

verk

1. net

From Old Norse verkr.

verk m (definite singular verken, uncountable)

1. pain, ache
2. pus

• tannverk
• øreverk

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

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

• arbeid
• jobb

• virke (verb form)

• “verk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛrk/
• IPA^(key): /ʋæʂk/ (Trøndelag)

From Old Norse verkr.

verk m (definite singular verken, uncountable)

1. pain, ache
2. pus
3. inflammation

• tannverk

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

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

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

verk

1. imperative of verka
2. imperative of verkja

• “verk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• krev, kver

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

verk n (genitive verks, plural verk)

1. work, deed

   mikil verk

   great deeds

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /værk/

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• Homophone: värk

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

• (work): hastverk, lappverk, mästerverk, standardverk, storverk, verka, verksam, översiktsverk
• (case): verklig
• (agency): televerk, verkschef
• (mill): järnverk, kraftverk, reningsverk, sågverk, valsverk, värmeverk, verkmästare
• (unit): fackverk, lövverk, murverk, urverk

• → Finnish: värkätä

• arbete

• verk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• verk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• verk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• verk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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

verk

1. net
2. spiderweb

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