"Woche" meaning in German

See Woche in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈvɔxə/ Audio: De-Woche.ogg , De-at-Woche.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German woche, from Old High German wohha, alteration of older wehha, from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Compare English week, Yiddish וואָך (vokh), Dutch week, West Frisian wike, Danish uge, Swedish vecka. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|woche}} Middle High German woche, {{inh|de|goh|wohha}} Old High German wohha, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*wikā}} Proto-West Germanic *wikā, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*wikǭ}} Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, {{der|de|ine-pro|*weyg-|t=to bend, wind, turn, yield}} Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”), {{cog|en|week}} English week, {{cog|yi|וואָך}} Yiddish וואָך (vokh), {{cog|nl|week}} Dutch week, {{cog|fy|wike}} West Frisian wike, {{cog|da|uge}} Danish uge, {{cog|sv|vecka}} Swedish vecka Head templates: {{de-noun|f|dim=^lein,^elchen}} Woche f (genitive Woche, plural Wochen, diminutive Wöchlein n or Wöchelchen n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Woche [genitive], Wochen [plural], Wöchlein [diminutive, neuter], Wöchelchen [diminutive, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], Woche [nominative, singular], Wochen [definite, nominative, plural], Woche [genitive, singular], Wochen [definite, genitive, plural], Woche [dative, singular], Wochen [dative, definite, plural], Woche [accusative, singular], Wochen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. week (period of seven days counting from Monday to Sunday, or from Sunday to Saturday) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-Woche-de-noun-yYvsYJ3C Disambiguation of Time: 33 36 31
  2. week (any period of seven consecutive days) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Time, Units of measure
    Sense id: en-Woche-de-noun-6w9paRYi Disambiguation of Time: 33 36 31 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 28 56 16 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 14 69 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 16 59 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 73 16
  3. week; weekdays (those days of a given week on which most people work) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-Woche-de-noun-EZyzTB68 Disambiguation of Time: 33 36 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Arbeitswoche, Extrawoche, Ferienwoche, Kalenderwoche, Karwoche, Osterwoche, Quatemberwoche, Urlaubswoche, Weihnachtswoche, Wochenanfang, Wochenbeginn, Wochenbett, Wochenblatt, Wochenende, wochenlang, Wochenschau, Wochentag, wöchentlich, Wochenwechsel, Wochenzeitschrift, Wochenzeitung, -wöchig, Zusatzwoche

Inflected forms

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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "during the week",
          "text": "unter der Woche",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "week; weekdays (those days of a given week on which most people work)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weekdays",
          "weekdays"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɔxə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Woche.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e1/De-Woche.ogg/De-Woche.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/De-Woche.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Woche.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a8/De-at-Woche.ogg/De-at-Woche.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/De-at-Woche.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Woche"
}

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