Definition
A period of seven consecutive days.
Translations
- English
- week
- Français
- semaine
- Türkçe
- hafta
- Polski
- tydzień
- Русский
- неделя
- Українська
- тиждень
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Woche
- A1
- Noun
- Time & Calendar
- Numbers & Measurements
week
/diː ˈvɔxə/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Wochen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Time & CalendarPrimaryNumbers & Measurements
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Woche beginnt am Montag.NominativSing.The week begins on Monday.
- Die Woche war sehr anstrengend.NominativSing.The week was very tiring.
- Nächste Woche habe ich Urlaub.AkkusativSing.I am on holiday next week.
- Nächste Woche fahren wir nach Berlin.AkkusativSing.We are going to Berlin next week.
- Ich trainiere dreimal pro Woche.AkkusativSing.I train three times a week.
- In der Woche arbeite ich jeden Tag.DativSing.I work every day during the week.
- Die nächsten Wochen werden ruhiger.NominativPlur.The next few weeks will be calmer.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Woche/ˈvɔxə/
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Article phrase
die Woche/diː ˈvɔxə/
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Plural
Wochen/ˈvɔxn̩/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Woche | die Wochen |
| Akkusativ | die Woche | die Wochen |
| Dativ | der Woche | den Wochen |
| Genitiv | der Woche | der Wochen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationnächste Woche
- Prepositional constructionin der Wochein + Dativ
- Collocationpro Woche
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
No semantic relations have been added for this sense.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word