English Pronunciation AHD: wēk IPA: /wiːk/ SAMPA: /wi:k/ Homophones weak Etymology From old English "wicu'", from a German *wikon, which probably originally meant something like turn or succession. Related to a verb *wikanan (to bend). The Dutch noun derives from a related verb *waikwaz (to yield), via the current Dutch form wijken. Related words are old German "wohha" (modern German Woche), old Dutch weke (week), old saxon "wika", old Norse "vika", Gothic "wikô" (turn for temple service). Count noun A period of seven days Related terms weekend weekly Holy Week Translations Albanian: javë Breton: sizhun f -ioù Catalan: setmana f Chinese: 星期 (pinyin: qīng qī), 週 Czech: týden m Danish: uge Dutch: week Esperanto: semajno Faroese: vika f Finnish: viikko French: semaine Frisian: wike German: Woche f Greek: εβδομάδα (evdomada) Guarani: arapokõindy Hebrew: שבוע Icelandic: vika f Indonesian: minggu Interlingua: septimana Italian: settimana Japanese: 週 (しゅう, shū), 週間 (しゅうかん, shūkan) Latin: SEPTIMANA Norwegian (bokmål): uke m/f Norwegian (nynorsk): veke f Polish: tydzień Portuguese: semana f Romanian: săptămână f Russian: неделя Slovak: týždeň m Spanish: semana Swedish: vecka Tagalog: linggo Wolof: Ayubés Yiddish: וואָך See also fortnight Dutch Etymology See English etymology above Pronunciation /weIk/ Noun A period of seven days, week Adverb soft Verb present tense singular of weken (to soak) past tense singular of wijken (to make way)
Related words are old German "wohha" (modern German Woche), old Dutch weke (week), old saxon "wika", old Norse "vika", Gothic "wikô" (turn for temple service).
Count noun A period of seven days Related terms weekend weekly Holy Week Translations Albanian: javë Breton: sizhun f -ioù Catalan: setmana f Chinese: 星期 (pinyin: qīng qī), 週 Czech: týden m Danish: uge Dutch: week Esperanto: semajno Faroese: vika f Finnish: viikko French: semaine Frisian: wike German: Woche f Greek: εβδομάδα (evdomada) Guarani: arapokõindy Hebrew: שבוע Icelandic: vika f Indonesian: minggu Interlingua: septimana Italian: settimana Japanese: 週 (しゅう, shū), 週間 (しゅうかん, shūkan) Latin: SEPTIMANA Norwegian (bokmål): uke m/f Norwegian (nynorsk): veke f Polish: tydzień Portuguese: semana f Romanian: săptămână f Russian: неделя Slovak: týždeň m Spanish: semana Swedish: vecka Tagalog: linggo Wolof: Ayubés Yiddish: וואָך See also fortnight Dutch Etymology See English etymology above Pronunciation /weIk/ Noun A period of seven days, week Adverb soft Verb present tense singular of weken (to soak) past tense singular of wijken (to make way)
Dutch Etymology See English etymology above Pronunciation /weIk/ Noun A period of seven days, week Adverb soft Verb present tense singular of weken (to soak) past tense singular of wijken (to make way)
/weIk/
Noun A period of seven days, week Adverb soft Verb present tense singular of weken (to soak) past tense singular of wijken (to make way)
