Week
Low German
Alternative forms
- Wääk (most northern dialects)
- Wäke, Weke (non-apocopating northern dialects; Weke also Eastphalian)
- Wiäke, Weake (Westphalian)
Etymology
From Middle Low German wēke, from Old Saxon wika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ. Westphalian requires Old Saxon *weka (cf. Old High German wëhha and Limburgish waek), Eastphalian requires wika, other dialects are inconclusive.
Noun
Week f (plural Weken or Week) (some northern dialects, including Hamburgisch)
North Frisian
Alternative forms
- waag (Mooring)
- weg (Föhr-Amrum)
Etymology
From Old Frisian wike, from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [veːk]
Noun
Week f (plural Weeken)