Zweck

Meaning

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

Concepts

purpose

aim

goal

intention

end

🔚

target

objective

use

intent

butt

point

object

plan

purpose

ending

forgiveness

function

mark

toleration

will

design

purpose

meaning

Synonyms

Ziel

Absicht

Plan

Ende

🔚

Sinn

Funktion

Schluss

🔚

Vorhaben

Vorsatz

Nutzen

Abschluss

Aufgabe

Zielsetzung

Rolle

Intention

Finitum

Sinnhaftigkeit

Zielvorstellung

Ergebnis

Gegenstände

Grenze

Hauptpunkt

Inhalt

Meinung

Mühe

Objekt

Objekte

Perspektive

Prinzip

Sache

sachlich

Sendung

Termin

📅

Terminus

unvoreingenommen

Wille

Zielscheibe

objektiv

Wesentliches

Endzweck

Lebenssinn

Lebenszweck

-e

Zweckhaftigkeit

-en

Bedeutung

Ziel -s

Angelegenheit

Anschauung

Ansinnen

Translations

but

doel

scopo

fin

🔚

doelstelling

proposito

propósito

wit

doelwit

objetivo

honk

🏠

finalidad

dessein

intenzione

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

sinn

Basel-Landschaft

spitz

Basel-Landschaft

witz

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡svɛk/

Etymology

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'.