värk

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See also: vark

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German werk (“work, action”).

Pronunciation

Noun

värk (genitive värgi, partitive värki)

  1. (colloquial) stuff, things

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 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

  1. (uncountable) ache; continuous, dull pain
  2. (usually in the plural) labor pain, contraction (a strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth)
Declension
Declension of värk
nominative genitive
singular indefinite värk värks
definite värken värkens
plural indefinite värkar värkars
definite värkarna värkarnas
See also

Etymology 2

Verb

värk

  1. imperative of värka

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