virke

Danish

Verb

virke (imperative virk, infinitive at virke, present tense virker, past tense virkede, perfect tense har virket)

  1. function properly
    Lommelygten virker ikke!
    The torch does not work!
  2. exert influence upon
    • 1991, Karsten Friis-Jensen, Latin og nationalsprog i Norden efter reformationen: Konference 1.-5. august 1987, Biskops-Arnö, Museum Tusculanum Press →ISBN, page 179
      Han vil altså ikke tale om: sprog, der virker på mennesker ved konvention, f.eks. universalsprog; eller overhovedet om sprog som tegn, der meddeler et indhold.
      Thus, he does not want to talk about: languages, doing work on humans by convention, e.g. universal languagez; or about languages as signs conveying content at all.
  3. seem, appear
    Du virker lidt sur.
    You seem a little angry.

Conjugation

Finnish

Etymology

virkkaa +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʋirke̞ˣ]
  • Hyphenation: vir‧ke

Noun

virke

  1. (grammar) A sentence.

Usage notes

  • Virke means only the whole sentence or set of clauses ending with a period, exclamation point or question mark. Thus, "Minä menen kouluun, vaikka en jaksaisi." is a virke where "Minä menen kouluun" is a lause (here more exactly: päälause) and "vaikka en jaksaisi" is a lause (here more exactly: sivulause).

Declension

Inflection of virke (Kotus type 48/hame, kk-k gradation)
nominative virke virkkeet
genitive virkkeen virkkeiden
virkkeitten
partitive virkettä virkkeitä
illative virkkeeseen virkkeisiin
virkkeihin
singular plural
nominative virke virkkeet
accusative nom. virke virkkeet
gen. virkkeen
genitive virkkeen virkkeiden
virkkeitten
partitive virkettä virkkeitä
inessive virkkeessä virkkeissä
elative virkkeestä virkkeistä
illative virkkeeseen virkkeisiin
virkkeihin
adessive virkkeellä virkkeillä
ablative virkkeeltä virkkeiltä
allative virkkeelle virkkeille
essive virkkeenä virkkeinä
translative virkkeeksi virkkeiksi
instructive — virkkein
abessive virkkeettä virkkeittä
comitative — virkkeineen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse virki (noun), and German wirken (verb)

Noun

virke n (definite singular virket, uncountable)

  1. (uncountable) business; work
  2. of or related to woodwork

Derived terms

Verb

virke (imperative virk, present tense virker, passive virkes, simple past and past participle virka or virket, present participle virkende)

  1. to work
  2. to affect
  3. to seem
    det virker som en evighet ― it seems like an eternity

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse virki

Noun

virke n (definite singular virket, uncountable)

  1. business; work
  2. of or related to woodwork; wood, timber

Synonyms

  • (wood) vyrke

Derived terms

See also

References

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

virke n

  1. wood cut into boards or planks, to be used in carpentry or other construction work; lumber, timber

Declension

Declension of virke 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative virke virket — —
Genitive virkes virkets — —
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