werken

Meaning

  1. (weak) to do handicraft, especially woodwork
  2. (dated,informal,literary,weak) to work manually

Concepts

work

be busy

Frequency

23k
Etymology

From Middle High German wërken, from Old High German werkōn, werhōn, from Proto-Germanic *werkōną. Cognate with Old Saxon werkōn, Old Dutch wirkon.

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