week
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English weke, from Old English wiċe, wucu (“week”), from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“turn, succession, change, week”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, *weyk- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Related to Proto-Germanic *wīkaną (“to bend, yield, cease”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wiek, West Frisian wike, Dutch week, German Woche, Danish uge, Norwegian Nynorsk veke, Swedish vecka, Icelandic vika, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 (wikō, “turn for temple service”), Latin vicis, Finnish viikko. Related also to Old English wīcan (“to yield, give way”), English weak and wick.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /wik/
- enPR: wēk, IPA(key): /wiːk/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (UK): (file) - Rhymes: -iːk
- Homophone: weak
Noun
editweek (plural weeks)
- Any period of seven consecutive days.
- 2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68:
- Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks 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.
- A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
- A period of five days beginning with Monday.
- A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.
- A 4-day week consists of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
- (following a named day) A date seven days after (sometimes before) the specified day.
- I'll see you Thursday week. [a week on Thursday, i.e. Thursday after next]
- The wedding is tomorrow week. [a week tomorrow, i.e. in eight days' time]
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editDerived terms
edit- boxing week
- bull week
- bush week
- dead week
- Ember week
- fashion week
- five-day week
- freshers' week
- frosh week
- Golden Week
- hell week
- Holy Week
- leap week
- noughth week, 0th week
- prophetic week
- rag week
- reading week
- red week
- revision week
- schoolies week
- school week
- shark week
- spirit week
- technical week
- tech week
- week-end, weekend
- white week
- working week, workweek
- any day of the week
- any day of the week and twice on Sunday
- any day of the week and twice on Sundays
- as modern as next week
- a week from next Tuesday
- a week is a long time in politics
- be born last week
- every day of the week
- every day of the week and twice on Sunday
- every day of the week and twice on Sundays
- flavor of the week
- flavour of the week
- for weeks on end
- I'm here all week
- knock someone into the middle of next week
- modern as next week
- monster of the week
- second Tuesday of the week
- two week millionaire
- villain of the week
Translations
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See also
edit- (days of the week) day of the week; Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday (Category: en:Days of the week) [edit]
- calendar
- Sabbath
Further reading
editAfrikaans
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch week, from Middle Dutch weke, from Old Dutch *wika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Compare English week, West Frisian wike, German Woche.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editweek (plural weke)
- week
- Daar is sewe dae in die week. ― There are seven days in the week.
Dutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Dutch wēke, from Old Dutch *wika, from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).
Noun
editweek f (plural weken, diminutive weekje n)
- week, period of seven days.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Afrikaans: week
- Berbice Creole Dutch: weki
- Jersey Dutch: wêk
- Negerhollands: week
- → Lokono: wiki
- →? Sranan Tongo: wiki
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle Dutch wêec, from Old Dutch *wēk, from Proto-West Germanic *waikw, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz.
Adjective
editweek (comparative weker, superlative weekst)
Declension
editDeclension of week | ||||
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uninflected | week | |||
inflected | weke | |||
comparative | weker | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | week | weker | het weekst het weekste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | weke | wekere | weekste |
n. sing. | week | weker | weekste | |
plural | weke | wekere | weekste | |
definite | weke | wekere | weekste | |
partitive | weeks | wekers | — |
Antonyms
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editDescendants
edit- Jersey Dutch: wîk
Etymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editweek
- inflection of weken:
Verb
editweek
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editNoun
editweek
- Alternative form of weke (“week”)
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyg-
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English doublets
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/iːk
- Rhymes:English/iːk/1 syllable
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- English terms with usage examples
- en:Days of the week
- en:Time
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Old Dutch
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Afrikaans terms with audio links
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans nouns
- Afrikaans terms with usage examples
- af:Time
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/eːk
- Rhymes:Dutch/eːk/1 syllable
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch feminine nouns
- Dutch adjectives
- Dutch non-lemma forms
- Dutch verb forms
- nl:Time
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns