# verk
## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɛɹ̥k/

### Noun

verk n (genitive singular verks, plural verk)
* work
** í óðum verkum
    planless, unmotivated
** seta í verk
    put into operation
* works, product
* power plant
* e.g. clockwork
* (administration) service, system

#### Synonyms

work
* arbeiði, gerð, vinna, starv

#### Derived terms

* almannaverk
* brotsverk
* dygdarverk
* embætisverk
* fýrverk
* handverk
* herverk
* hugverk
* høvuðsverk
* Landsverk
* listaverk
* postverk
* regluverk
* skaldverk
* vegaverk
* vitaverk

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɛr̥k/
* Rhymes: -ɛr̥k

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.

#### Noun

verk n (genitive singular verks, nominative plural verk)
* work, chore
* creation, work, doings
* composition

##### Derived terms

* handaverk
* kraftaverk
* meistaraverk
* gangverk
* verksmiðja
* verkefni
* tónverk
* miðverk

##### See also

* erfiði

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

verk
* indefinite accusative singular of verkur
* indefinite dative singular of verkur

## Ludian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vërkko, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *werką. Cognates include Finnish verkko.

### Noun

verk
* net

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse verkr.

#### Noun

verk m (definite singular verken, uncountable)
* pain, ache
* pus

##### Derived terms

* tannverk
* øreverk

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse verk, related to yrke (“profession”) and virke (“to function”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.

#### Noun

verk n (definite singular verket, indefinite plural verk or verker, definite plural verka or verkene)
* oeuvre
* industrial facility, works (UK) (treated as singular)
* work

##### Synonyms

* arbeid
* jobb

##### Derived terms

* bergverk
* bindingsverk
* bladverk
* byggverk
* drivverk
* festningsverk
* forsvarsverk
* gassverk
* glassverk
* hastverk
* hærverk
* håndverk
* iverksette
* jernverk
* kraftverk
* kruttverk
* kunstverk
* murverk
* nettverk
* oppslagsverk
* pelsverk
* rammeverk
* regelverk
* skadeverk
* slagverk
* smelteverk
* stålverk
* tauverk
* treverk
* underverk
* vannverk, vassverk
* verksted
* verktøy
* åndsverk

#### See also

* virke (verb form)

### References

* “verk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋɛrk/
* IPA: /ʋæʂk/ (Trøndelag dialect)

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse verkr.

#### Noun

verk m (definite singular verken, uncountable)
* pain, ache
* pus
* inflammation

##### Derived terms

* tannverk

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse verk, related to yrke (“profession”) and virke (“to function”).

#### Noun

verk n (definite singular verket, indefinite plural verk, definite plural verka)
* industrial facility, works (UK) (treated as singular)
* work

##### Derived terms

* bergverk
* bindingsverk
* bladverk
* byggverk
* drivverk
* festningsverk
* forsvarsverk
* gassverk
* hastverk
* hærverk
* jarnverk
* kraftverk
* kunstverk
* murverk
* nettverk
* oppslagsverk
* pelsverk
* rammeverk
* regelverk
* skadeverk
* slagverk
* smelteverk
* stålverk
* tauverk
* treverk
* underverk
* vassverk
* verktøy
* åndsverk

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

verk
* imperative of verka
* imperative of verkja

### References

* “verk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* krev, kver

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-. Cognate with Old English weorc.

### Noun

verk n (genitive verks, plural verk)
* work, deed
    mikil verkgreat deeds

#### Related terms

* verka (“to work”)
* yrki n sg (“a work”)
* yrkja (“to work; compose a text (especially in law or poetry)”)

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: verk
* Faroese: verk
* Norwegian Bokmål: verk
* Norwegian Nynorsk: verk
* Old Swedish: værk
** Swedish: verk
* Old Danish: værk
** Danish: værk
* Old Gutnish: werk

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse verk, from Proto-Germanic *werką, from Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /værk/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: värk

### Noun

verk n
* a work; something which has been accomplished
    Den tredje symfonin är kompositörens mest betydelsefulla verkThe third symphony is the composer's most important work
* a case, an event (under study or at hand)
    i själva verketin reality, actually
* an agency running directly under the government
* the electric or water services or some other services of a municipality, e.g. vattenverk, reningsverk, elverk, renhållningsverk (the latter: cleaning services)
* a mill; a machine or a facility for a certain kind of production or activity
* a unit formed by several smaller components

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | verk | verks |
| singular | definite | verket | verkets |
| plural | indefinite | verk | verks |
| plural | definite | verken | verkens |

#### Derived terms

* (work): hastverk, lappverk, mästerverk, standardverk, storverk, verka, verksam, översiktsverk
* (case): verklig
* (agency): televerk, verkschef
* (mill): järnverk, kraftverk, reningsverk, sågverk, valsverk, värmeverk, verkmästare
* (unit): fackverk, lövverk, murverk, urverk

#### Descendants

* → Finnish: värkätä

#### See also

* arbete

### References

* verk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* verk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* verk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* verk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vërkko, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *werką. Cognates include Finnish verkko.

### Noun

verk
* net
* spiderweb