Woche
German
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, Dutch week, West Frisian wike, Danish uge, Swedish vecka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɔxə/
- Hyphenation: Wo‧che
- (Germany)
(file) - (Austria)
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Noun
Woche f (genitive Woche, plural Wochen, diminutive Wöchlein n or Wöchelchen n)
- week (period of seven days counting from Monday to Sunday, or from Sunday to Saturday)
- ab nächster Woche ― from next week on
- vor Wochen ― weeks ago
- jede zweite Woche ― every other week
- Woche für Woche ― week after week
- week (any period of seven consecutive days)
- schon seit einer Woche ― for a week already
- week; weekdays (those days of a given week on which most people work)
- unter der Woche ― during the week
Declension
Declension of Woche [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Woche | die | Wochen |
| genitive | einer | der | Woche | der | Wochen |
| dative | einer | der | Woche | den | Wochen |
| accusative | eine | die | Woche | die | Wochen |
Derived terms
- Arbeitswoche
- Extrawoche
- Ferienwoche
- Kalenderwoche
- Karwoche
- Osterwoche
- Quatemberwoche
- Urlaubswoche
- Weihnachtswoche
- Wochenanfang
- Wochenbeginn
- Wochenbett
- Wochenblatt
- Wochenende
- wochenlang
- Wochenschau
- Wochentag
- wöchentlich
- Wochenwechsel
- Wochenzeitschrift
- Wochenzeitung
- -wöchig
- Zusatzwoche
Further reading
- “Woche” in Duden online
- “Woche” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Woche”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvoxə/
Noun
Woche f
- plural of Woch
Pennsylvania German
Noun
Woche
- plural of Woch