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See also:Wéëk

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishweke, fromOld Englishwiċe,wucu(“week”), fromProto-West Germanic*wikā, fromProto-Germanic*wikǭ(“turn, succession, change, week”), fromProto-Indo-European*weyg-,*weyk-(“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Related toProto-Germanic*wīkaną(“to bend, yield, cease”).

Cognate withSaterland FrisianWiek,West Frisianwike,Dutchweek,GermanWoche,Danishuge,Norwegian Nynorskveke,Swedishvecka,Icelandicvika,Gothic𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉(wikō,“turn for temple service”),Latinvicis,Finnishviikko. Related also toOld Englishwīcan(“to yield, give way”), Englishweak andwick.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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week (pluralweeks)

  1. Anyperiod ofseven consecutivedays.
    • 2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8843, page68:
      Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recentweeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
  2. A period of seven days beginning withSunday orMonday.
  3. A period of five days beginning withMonday.
  4. A subdivision of themonth into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorterweekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as asabbath.
    A 4-dayweek consists of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
  5. (following a named day) A date seven days after (sometimes before) the specified day.
    I'll see you Thursdayweek.[a week on Thursday, i.e. Thursday after next]
    The wedding is tomorrowweek.[a week tomorrow, i.e. in eight days' time]
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units of timeedit
Derived terms
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weeks and parts of weeks
temporal adverbs
idioms and proverbs
other
Descendants
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Translations
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period of seven days
See also
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Imitative.

Interjection

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week

  1. Thesqueal of apig.
    • 1837, William Evans Burton,Burton's Comic Songster (page 229)
      And ho, ho, ho, went Mister Pig, andweek, week, week, went she; […]
    • 1848,The Garland, Or, Token of Friendship (page 231)
      […] his head came a-top of one of a litter of young pigs that happened at that moment to be foraging about:week! week! week! week! week! cried little piggy.

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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FromDutchweek, fromMiddle Dutchweke, fromOld Dutch*wika, fromProto-Germanic*wikǭ, fromProto-Indo-European*weyg-(“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). CompareEnglishweek,West Frisianwike,GermanWoche.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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week (pluralweke)

  1. week
    Daar is sewe dae in dieweek. ―There are seven days in theweek.

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Dutchwēke, fromOld Dutch*wika, fromProto-West Germanic*wikā, fromProto-Germanic*wikǭ, fromProto-Indo-European*weyg-(“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).

Noun

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week f (pluralweken,diminutiveweekje n)

  1. week, period of seven days
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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Dutchwêec, fromOld Dutch*wēk, fromProto-West Germanic*waikw, fromProto-Germanic*waikwaz.

Adjective

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week (comparativeweker,superlativeweekst)

  1. soft,tender,fragile
  2. weak,gentle,weakhearted
Declension
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Declension ofweek
uninflectedweek
inflectedweke
comparativeweker
positivecomparativesuperlative
predicative/adverbialweekwekerhetweekst
hetweekste
indefinitem./f. sing.wekewekereweekste
n. sing.weekwekerweekste
pluralwekewekereweekste
definitewekewekereweekste
partitiveweekswekers—
Antonyms
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Verb

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week

  1. inflection ofweken:
    1. first-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. (in case ofinversion)second-personsingularpresentindicative
    3. imperative

Verb

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week

  1. singularpastindicative ofwijken

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Noun

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week

  1. Alternative form ofweke(“week”)
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