Woche

Meaning

1. (feminine) week (period of seven days counting from Monday to Sunday, or from Sunday to Saturday)
2. (feminine) week (any period of seven consecutive days)
3. (feminine) week; weekdays (those days of a given week on which most people work)

Concepts

week

one week

sennight

septet

weekly wage

weekly

hebdomad

wk.

wk

Hyphenated as

Wo‧che

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvɔxə/

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, Yiddish וואָך (vokh), Dutch week, West Frisian wike, Danish uge, Swedish vecka.

Sentences

Die Klassenlehrerin war die ganze Woche krank .

The class teacher was sick all week.

Die Kirmes findet in der letzten Woche im Juni statt .

The funfair takes place in the last week of June.

Flugbetrieb findet am gesamten Wochenende und mittwochs unter der Woche statt .

Flight operations take place throughout the weekend and on Wednesdays during the week.