week

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Any period of seven consecutive days.
2. A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
3. A period of five days beginning with Monday.
4. A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.
5. A date seven days after (sometimes before) the specified day.

Concepten

week

wekelijks

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/wik/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English weke, from Old English wiċe, wucu (“week”), from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“turn, succession, change, week”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, *weyk- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Related to Proto-Germanic *wīkaną (“to bend, yield, cease”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wiek, West Frisian wike, Dutch week, German Woche, Danish uge, Norwegian Nynorsk veke, Swedish vecka, Icelandic vika, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 (wikō, “turn for temple service”), Latin vicis, Finnish viikko. Related also to Old English wīcan (“to yield, give way”), English weak and wick.

Zinnen

Are you sure that Joe case is going on next week ?

Weet je zeker dat Joe Case volgende week aan de gang is?

I would give a good review of the new TV I bought a week ago .

Ik zou een goede recensie geven van de nieuwe tv die ik een week geleden heb gekocht.

That's almost a hundred dollars a week !

Dat is bijna honderd dollar per week!

The tape is removed after one week and cut into day-length sections .

De tape wordt na een week verwijderd en gesneden in secties van de dag.