Faroese

Noun

verk n (genitive singular verks, plural verk)

1. work
   • 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

Declension

Synonyms

work

• arbeiði, gerð, vinna, starv

Derived terms

• almannaverk
• brotsverk
• dygdarverk
• embætisverk
• fýrverk
• handverk
• herverk
• hugverk
• høvuðsverk
• Landsverk
• listaverk
• postverk
• regluverk
• skaldverk
• vegaverk
• vitaverk

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛr̥k/
• Rhymes: -ɛr̥k

Etymology 1

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

Noun

verk n ‎(genitive singular verks, nominative plural verk)

1. work, chore
2. creation, work, doings
3. composition

Declension

Derived terms

• handaverk
• meistaraverk
• gangverk
• verksmiðja
• verkefni
• tónverk

See also

• erfiði

Etymology 2

Noun

verk

1. indefinite accusative singular of verkur
2. indefinite dative singular of verkur

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse verkr

Noun

verk m ‎(definite singular verken, uncountable)

1. pain, ache
2. pus

Derived terms

• tannverk
• øreverk

Etymology 2

From Old Norse verk, related to yrke ‎(“profession”) and virke ‎(“to function”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.

Noun

verk n ‎(definite singular verket, indefinite plural verk or verker, definite plural verka or verkene)

1. oeuvre
2. industrial facility, works (UK) (treated as singular)
3. work

Synonyms

• arbeid
• jobb
• -verk

Derived terms

See also

• virke (verb form)

References

• “verk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛrk/
• homophone: värk

Noun

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

   actually (in the actual case)

3. an agency running directly under the government
4. the electric or water services or some other services of a municipality, e.g. vattenverk, 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

Declension

Derived terms

• (work): hastverk, lappverk, mästerverk, storverk, verka, verksam
• (case): verklig
• (agency): televerk, verkschef
• (mill): järnverk, kraftverk, reningsverk, sågverk, valsverk, värmeverk, verkmästare
• (unit): fackverk, lövverk, murverk, urverk

Descendants

• Finnish: värkätä

See also

• arbete