värk
See also: vark
Estonian
Etymology
From Middle Low German werk (“work, action”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈværk/, [ˈværkˑ]
- Rhymes: -ærk
- Hyphenation: värk
Noun
värk (genitive värgi, partitive värki)
Declension
| Declension of värk (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-g gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | värk | värgid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | värgi | ||
| genitive | värkide | ||
| partitive | värki | värke värkisid | |
| illative | värki värgisse |
värkidesse värgesse | |
| inessive | värgis | värkides värges | |
| elative | värgist | värkidest värgest | |
| allative | värgile | värkidele värgele | |
| adessive | värgil | värkidel värgel | |
| ablative | värgilt | värkidelt värgelt | |
| translative | värgiks | värkideks värgeks | |
| terminative | värgini | värkideni | |
| essive | värgina | värkidena | |
| abessive | värgita | värkideta | |
| comitative | värgiga | värkidega | |
Further reading
- “värk”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “värk”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- värk in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Homophone: verk
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish værker, from Old Norse verkr, from Proto-Germanic *warkiz, from Proto-Indo-European *werg- (“to suffer”).
Noun
värk c
- (uncountable) ache; continuous, dull pain
- (usually in the plural) labor pain, contraction (a strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | värk | värks |
| definite | värken | värkens | |
| plural | indefinite | värkar | värkars |
| definite | värkarna | värkarnas |
Related terms
See also
Etymology 2
Verb
värk
- imperative of värka
References
- värk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- värk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- värk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)