Männlich

Zweck

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (masculine, strong) purpose
  2. (masculine, strong) point

Frequenz

B2
Dialekte

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

sinn

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

spitz

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

witz

Daten bereitgestellt von: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/t͡svɛk/
Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle High German zwec, zwic (“nail, pin made of wood or iron”), from Old High German zwec, zwecki (“nail, peg”), from a root probably related to Zweig (“branch, twig”); this is supported by Kroonen, though Pfeifer is skeptical and leaves the origin open. Cognate to Swedish svicka, svick, svicke, Danish svik, suicke, Norwegian svikk, Middle Low German swick, svik. Also German zwecke, zwicke. The sense of purpose stems from an older sense were Zweck had the bi-sense of the central point of a target, thus: target, goal, objective, direction → intention, function, purpose. Also, compare 'nailing something to a wall'.

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