weke
- plural ofweek
weke
- inflection ofweek:
- masculine/femininesingularattributive
- definiteneutersingularattributive
- pluralattributive
weke
- (dated or formal)singularpastsubjunctive ofwijken
weke
- (dated or formal)singularpresentsubjunctive ofweken
FromOld Dutch*wika, fromProto-West Germanic*wikā.
wēke f
- week
This noun needs aninflection-table template.
FromOld Englishwiċe,wucu; fromProto-West Germanic*wikā, fromProto-Germanic*wikǭ.
- week,weeke,weyke,wieke,wike,woke,wouke,wowke,wuke,wycke,wyke
- (mainly Early ME)IPA(key): /ˈwik(ə)/,/ˈwuk(ə)/
- IPA(key): /ˈweːk(ə)/,/ˈwoːk(ə)/
weke (pluralwekes orweken)
- week(a duration of seven days from Sunday to Saturday; a calendar week)
- week(any duration of (around) seven days)
- (six-day)workweek(a duration of six days from Monday to Saturday)
FromOld Englishwēoce,[1] fromProto-West Germanic*weukā(“flax bundle, wick”), fromProto-Indo-European*weg-(“to weave”),[2] see alsoWest Frisianwjok,wjuk(“wing”),Dutchwiek(“wing; propeller, blade; wick”),GermanWieche(“wisp; wick”).
- IPA(key): /ˈweːk(ə)/,/ˈwik(ə)/
weke
- Acandlewick orwick.
- Thecord orrope used to create wicks;wicking.
- Wicking used inmedical contexts(e.g. as abandage).
- A kind of low-qualitytextile.
Borrowed fromOld Norsevǫkva(“moisture”), fromvǫkr(“wet”).
weke
- (rare)wetness
weke
- (Northern)Alternative form ofquyk
weke
- Alternative form ofweyk
