Masculino

Zweck

Significado (Inglês)

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

Freqüência

B2
Dialetos

Basileia-Campo

Basileia-Campo

sinn

Basileia-Campo

Basileia-Campo

spitz

Basileia-Campo

Basileia-Campo

witz

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Pronunciado como (IPA)
/t͡svɛk/
Etimologia (Inglês)

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'.

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