virke

virke

Danish

Verb

virke (imperative virk, infinitive at virke, present tense virker, past tense virkede, perfect tense har virket)

1. function properly

   Lommelygten virker ikke!

   The torch does not work!

2. exert influence upon
   • 1991, Karsten Friis-Jensen, Latin og nationalsprog i Norden efter reformationen: Konference 1.-5. august 1987, Biskops-Arnö, Museum Tusculanum Press →ISBN, page 179

     Han vil altså ikke tale om: sprog, der virker på mennesker ved konvention, f.eks. universalsprog; eller overhovedet om sprog som tegn, der meddeler et indhold.

     Thus, he does not want to talk about: languages, doing work on humans by convention, e.g. universal languagez; or about languages as signs conveying content at all.

3. seem, appear

   Du virker lidt sur.

   You seem a little angry.

Conjugation

Inflection of virke

	present	past
simple	virker	virkede
perfect	har virket	havde virket
passive	—	—
participle	virkende	virket
imperative	virk	—
infinitive	virke	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	—	—

---

Finnish

Etymology

virkkaa +‎ -e or virkkoa +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋirke̞ˣ]
• Hyphenation: vir‧ke

Noun

virke

1. (grammar) A sentence.

Usage notes

• Virke means only the whole sentence or set of clauses ending with a period, exclamation point or question mark. Thus, "Minä menen kouluun, vaikka en jaksaisi." is a virke where "Minä menen kouluun" is a lause (here more exactly: päälause) and "vaikka en jaksaisi" is a lause (here more exactly: sivulause).

Declension

Inflection of virke (Kotus type 48/hame, kk-k gradation)
nominative		virke	virkkeet
genitive		virkkeen	virkkeiden virkkeitten
partitive		virkettä	virkkeitä
illative		virkkeeseen	virkkeisiin virkkeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		virke	virkkeet
accusative	nom.	virke	virkkeet
	gen.	virkkeen
genitive		virkkeen	virkkeiden virkkeitten
partitive		virkettä	virkkeitä
inessive		virkkeessä	virkkeissä
elative		virkkeestä	virkkeistä
illative		virkkeeseen	virkkeisiin virkkeihin
adessive		virkkeellä	virkkeillä
ablative		virkkeeltä	virkkeiltä
allative		virkkeelle	virkkeille
essive		virkkeenä	virkkeinä
translative		virkkeeksi	virkkeiksi
instructive		—	virkkein
abessive		virkkeettä	virkkeittä
comitative		—	virkkeineen

Compounds

• virkerakenne

---

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse virki (noun), and German wirken (verb)

Noun

virke n (definite singular virket, uncountable)

1. (uncountable) business; work
2. of or related to woodwork

Derived terms

• samvirke

Verb

virke (imperative virk, present tense virker, passive virkes, simple past and past participle virka or virket, present participle virkende)

1. to work
2. to affect
3. to seem

   det virker som en evighet ― it seems like an eternity

Derived terms

Terms derived from virke (verb)

• medvirke
• påvirke
• samvirke
• virkemiddel
• virkning

 

References

• “virke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

---

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse virki

Noun

virke n (definite singular virket, uncountable)

1. business; work
2. of or related to woodwork; wood, timber

Synonyms

• (wood) vyrke

Derived terms

• samvirke

See also

• verke, verka

References

• “virke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

---

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

virke n

1. wood cut into boards or planks, to be used in carpentry or other construction work; lumber, timber

Declension

Declension of virke
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	virke	virket	—	—
Genitive	virkes	virkets	—	—