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

   Synonyms: arbeiði, gerð, vinna, starv

   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

• 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

• 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
3. work

• arbeid
• jobb

• virke (verb)

• “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: wærk
  • Danish: værk
• Old Gutnish: werk

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

• IPA^(key): /vɛrk/

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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