werk

The LGBT slang usage is very recent and in essence an orthographical variant. It is independent from the far older and long-obsolete alternative form which derived directly from Middle English werk (noun) and werken (verb).

werk (third-person singular simple present werks, present participle werking, simple past and past participle werked)

1. (obsolete except as LGBTQ slang and eye dialect) Alternative form of work.

   Werk it, bitch!

werk (plural werks)

1. (obsolete except as LGBTQ slang and eye dialect) Alternative form of work.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛːrk/

From Dutch werk, from Old Dutch *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.

werk (plural werke, diminutive werkie)

1. work

• werkboek
• werkdier
• werktuig
• werkvloei
• werkwoord

From Dutch werken, from Middle Dutch werken, from Old Dutch wirken, wirkon (“to work, make”), from Proto-Germanic *wirkijaną (“to work, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-, *wreǵ- (“to work, act”).

werk (present werk, present participle werkende, past participle gewerk)

1. work

• werker

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛrk/

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• Hyphenation: werk
• Rhymes: -ɛrk

From Middle Dutch werc, from Old Dutch *werk, from Proto-West Germanic *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.

werk n (plural werken, diminutive werkje n)

1. work, labor

   Synonym: arbeid

   Dit gaat veel werk vereisen. ― This will require much work.

   De werken van Herakles zijn wereldberoemd. ― The labors of Heracles are world-famous.

2. profession, job, employment, line of work

   Hij is trots op zijn nieuwe werk als leraar. ― He is proud of his new profession as a teacher.

   Na jaren hetzelfde werk te hebben gedaan, besloot ze een carrièreswitch te maken. ― After working in the same job for years, she decided to make a career switch.

   Zij is op zoek naar werk in de IT-sector. ― She is looking for employment in the IT sector.

3. workplace

   Op mijn werk werkt de airco zelden. ― The air conditioning seldom works at my workplace.

4. product, creation; production, output, result of work

   De dichterlijke werken van Homerus vormen de basis van de Oudgriekse literatuur. ― The poetic works of Homer form the basis of Ancient Greek literature.

   De kunstenaar heeft veel werken tentoongesteld in de galerij. ― The artist has exhibited many works in the gallery.

5. (dialectal) tow, oakum

   Synonym: hede

• werken

• Afrikaans: werk
  • → Tswana: bereke
    • → Yeyi: bbérìk-á
• Negerhollands: werk, wark
• Skepi Creole Dutch: wark
• → Saramaccan: wéíki

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

werk

1. inflection of werken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• wirk, work

From Old English weorc, from Proto-West Germanic *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werką. Compare werken.

• IPA^(key): /wɛrk/, /wurk/

werk (plural werks)

1. work
2. sexual intercourse
   • 1422, James Yonge (translator), Secretum Secretorum:

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• English: work
• Geordie English: wark
• Scots: wark
• Yola: woork

• “werk, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Proto-West Germanic *werk, whence also Old High German werc, Old Norse verk.

werk n

1. work

Borrowed from German Werk, from Middle High German wërc, from Old High German werc, from Proto-West Germanic *werk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom. Possibly a doublet of wiersza (“fishing basket”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛrk/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrk
• Syllabification: werk

werk m inan

1. (colloquial) clockwork

   Synonym: mechanizm zegarka

2. (engineering, obsolete) mechanism

   Synonym: mechanizm

3. (cinematography) photo documenting the film set

   Hypernym: zdjęcie

• werk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

werk (plural werkis)

1. obsolete form of wirk (“work”)

• “wirk”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.