Woche

From Middle High German woche, from Old High German wohha, alteration of older wehha, from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Compare English week, Yiddish וואָך (vokh), Dutch week, West Frisian wike, Danish uge, Swedish vecka.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔxə/
• Hyphenation: Wo‧che
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Woche f (genitive Woche, plural Wochen, diminutive Wöchlein n or Wöchelchen n)

1. week (period of seven days counting from Monday to Sunday, or from Sunday to Saturday)

   ab nächster Woche ― from next week on

   vor Wochen ― weeks ago

   jede zweite Woche ― every other week

   Woche für Woche ― week after week

2. week (any period of seven consecutive days)

   schon seit einer Woche ― for a week already

3. week; weekdays (those days of a given week on which most people work)

   unter der Woche ― during the week

• “Woche” in Duden online
• “Woche” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Woche”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

• IPA^(key): /ˈvoxə/

Woche f

1. plural of Woch

Woche

1. plural of Woch