werken
Meaning
- (weak) to do handicraft, especially woodwork
- (dated,informal,literary,weak) to work manually
Concepts
work
be busy
Frequency
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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