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Etymology

From Middle English weke < Old English wice < Proto-Germanic *wikon (“turn, succession”) < Proto-Indo-European *weik (“to bend, wind”). Related to Proto-Germanic *wikanan. The Dutch noun derives from a related verb *waikwaz, via the current Dutch form wijken 'to cede, give way'.

Related words are Old High German wohha (Modern German Woche), Old Frisian wike, Middle Dutch weke (“week”), Old Saxon wika, Old Norse vika, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 (wikô, “turn for temple service”), Old English wican (“to yield, give way”).

Pronunciation

Noun

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Wikipedia week (plural weeks)

  1. A period of seven days.
  2. The seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
  3. A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.
  4. Seven days after (sometimes before) a specified date.
    I'll see you Thursday week.

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Afrikaans

Noun

week (plural weke)

  1. week

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

See English (cognate) etymology above

Noun

week c. (plural weken, diminutive weekje, diminutive plural weekjes)

  1. week

Derived terms

Adjective

week (comparative weker, superlative weekst)

  1. soft, tender, fragile
  2. weak, gentle, weakhearted

Declension

Declension of week
positive comparative superlative
attributive predicative
predicative week weker
neuter singular indefinite week weker
definite weke wekere weekste het weekst(e)
common singular weke wekere weekste de weekste
plural weke wekere weekste de weekste
partitive weeks wekers

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Verb

week

  1. singular past indicative of wijken.
  2. first-person singular present indicative of weken.
  3. imperative of weken.

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A week is a time unit equal to seven days. The English word week continues an Old English wice, ultimately from a Common Germanic *wikōn-, from a root *wik- "turn, move, change". The Germanic word probably had a wider meaning prior to the adoption of the Roman calendar, perhaps "succession series", as suggested by Gothic wikō translating taxis "order" in Luke 1:8. The term "week" is sometimes expanded to refer to other time units comprising a few days. Such "weeks" of between four and ten days have been used historically in various places. Intervals longer than 10 days are not usually termed "weeks" as they are closer in length to the fortnight or the month than to the seven-day week.
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