Noun: Weck
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Weck |
| Plural | Wecken; Wecke |
Definite
| Singular | der Weck |
| Plural | die Wecken; Wecke |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Wecks |
| Plural | Wecken; Wecke |
Definite
| Singular | des Wecks |
| Plural | der Wecken; Wecke |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Weck |
| Plural | Wecken |
Definite
| Singular | dem Weck |
| Plural | den Wecken |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | einen Weck |
| Plural | Wecken; Wecke |
Definite
| Singular | den Weck |
| Plural | die Wecken; Wecke |
Sample Sentences
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Nun trug es sich zu daß in der Stadt ein Markt war, und der Bauer wollte hin gehen, da fragte er seine Frau, was er ihr sollte mitbringen. „Ein wenig Fleisch, und ein paar Wecke, was zum Haushalt gehört“ sprach sie. (Now it so happened that there was a market in town, and the farmer wanted to go there, so he asked his wife what he should take there. "A little meat and a few rolls, which belong to the household," she said.) [1843, Brothers Grimm, “Hans mein Igel”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 2^(https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Hans_mein_Igel_(1843)), 5th edition, pages 132–133:]
Etymology
From Middle High German wecke, from Old High German wecki, weggi (“wedge; wedge-shaped baked good”), from Proto-West Germanic *wagi, from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz (“wedge”). Cognate with Dutch wig (“wedge”), English wedge. See: Dutch Nouns '
wig', English Nouns '
wedge'.
Verbs referencing "Weck"
Middle English Nouns
wegge, English Nouns
weck, English Nouns
wigg.
Translations