weke

Afrikaans

Noun

weke

1. plural of week

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eːkə

Adjective

weke

1. inflection of week:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Verb

weke

1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of wijken

Verb

weke

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of weken

Anagrams

• week

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *wica, from Proto-West Germanic *wikā.

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wēke f

1. week

Inflection

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	wēke	wēken
accusative	wēke	wēken
genitive	wēke, wēken	wēken
dative	wēke, wēken	wēken

Weak masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	wēke	wēken
accusative	wēke	wēken
genitive	wēken	wēken
dative	wēke	wēken

Descendants

• Dutch: week
  • Afrikaans: week
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: weki
  • Jersey Dutch: wêk
  • Negerhollands: week
  • → Lokono: wiki
  • →? Sranan Tongo: wiki
    • → Aukan: wiki
    • → Saramaccan: wíki
• Limburgish: waek

Further reading

• “weke (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “weke (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I