See Werk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"achievement",
"achievement"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"strong"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
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46,
52
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],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
47,
52
]
],
"english": "Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most important works.",
"text": "Macbeth ist eins von Shakespeares wichtigsten Werken.",
"translation": "Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most important works.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"work, piece (of art, literature, or the like)"
],
"links": [
[
"work",
"work"
],
[
"piece",
"piece"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"strong"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German terms with usage examples"
],
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54
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],
"english": "The company is going to close down its Stuttgart works.",
"text": "Die Firma will ihr Stuttgarter Werk schließen.",
"translation": "The company is going to close down its Stuttgart works.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"factory, plant, works"
],
"links": [
[
"factory",
"factory"
],
[
"plant",
"plant"
],
[
"works",
"works"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"strong"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German terms with usage examples",
"de:Religion"
],
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39,
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]
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"english": "God judges a person by their faith and works.",
"text": "Gott richtet den Menschen nach Glauben und Werken.",
"translation": "God judges a person by their faith and works.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"work (morally relevant deed)"
],
"links": [
[
"religion",
"religion"
],
[
"work",
"work"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(religion) work (morally relevant deed)"
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"strong"
],
"topics": [
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German terms with archaic senses",
"German terms with usage examples"
],
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{
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15,
19
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],
"english": "Mining is hard work.",
"text": "Bergarbeit ist ein hartes Werk.",
"translation": "Mining is hard work.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"labour, work (the occupation or process of working)"
],
"links": [
[
"labour",
"labour"
],
[
"work",
"work"
]
],
"qualifier": "except in compounds",
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic, except in compounds) labour, work (the occupation or process of working)"
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"neuter",
"strong"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/vɛʁk/"
},
{
"ipa": "[vɛʁk]"
},
{
"ipa": "[vɛɐ̯k]"
},
{
"audio": "De-Werk.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ce/De-Werk.ogg/De-Werk.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/De-Werk.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛʁk"
}
],
"word": "Werk"
}
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