Meaning
5 sensesAny period of seven consecutive days.
any period of seven consecutive days
A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
Woche
неде́ляnedélja
ти́жденьtýždenʹ
a period of seven consecutive days (usually reckoned to be from Sunday to Saturday, or from Monday to Sunday)
A period of five days beginning with Monday.
A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.
A 4-day week consists of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
A date seven days after (sometimes before) the specified day.
I'll see you Thursday week. [a week on Thursday, i.e. Thursday after next]
The wedding is tomorrow week. [a week tomorrow, i.e. in eight days' time]
Examples
8435 sentencesYou worked a lot this week.
Ви багато працювали цього тижня.
ruТы много работал на этой неделе.
deDu hast diese Woche viel gearbeitet.
We plan to stay a week.
Ми плануємо залишитися на тиждень.
ruМы планируем остаться на неделю.
deWir planen, eine Woche zu bleiben.
The magazine comes out every week.
Журнал виходить щотижня.
ruЖурнал выходит еженедельно.
deDie Zeitschrift erscheint wöchentlich.
We gather here once a week.
Ми збираємося тут раз на тиждень.
ruМы собираемся здесь раз в неделю.
deWir versammeln uns hier einmal in der Woche.
I saw her a week ago.
Я бачив її тиждень тому.
ruЯ видел её неделю назад.
deIch habe sie vor einer Woche gesehen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wyke, weke, from Old English wice, wucu (“week”), from Proto-West GermFrom Middle English wyke, weke, from Old English wice, wucu (“week”), from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“sequence; week”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, *weyk- (“to bend, curve”). Related to weak and dialectal English wick (“corner”); see Proto-Germanic *wīk(w)aną (“to bend, yield, cease”).
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Forms
plural: weeksSynonyms
6 synonyms- a period of seven consecutive days (usually reckoned to be from Sunday to Saturday, or from Monday to Sunday):calendar week
- any period of seven consecutive days:hebdomad
- hours or days of work in a calendar week:workweek
Word family
40 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- next week
- last week
- three weeks
- for three weeks
- once a week
- three weeks ago
- times a week
- weeks ago
- a few weeks
- that this week
- for a week
- couple of weeks