Woche

German (Berlin)

/ˈvɔxə/

noun
Definitions
  • week period of seven days counting from Monday to Sunday, or from Sunday to Saturday
  • week any period of seven consecutive days
  • week; weekdays those days of a given week on which most people work

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German woche inherited from Old High German wohha inherited from *wikā (week) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (week, sequence, turn, succession, change) derived from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (bend, wind, yield, turn, curve).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*weyg-

Gloss

bend, wind, yield, turn, curve

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

風

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