Gewirk
German
Alternative forms
- Gewirke
Etymology
ge- + wirken (“to work, to knit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡəˈvɪʁk/
- Hyphenation: Ge‧wirk
Noun
Gewirk n (strong, genitive Gewirkes or Gewirks, plural Gewirke)
- (dated) structure
- (manufacturing) fabric made by a knitting machine
- Synonym: Gewebe
- (beekeeping) the structure of the honeycombs in a hive
Declension
Declension of Gewirk [neuter, strong]
Related terms
- Wirkmaschine
- Wirkware
Further reading
- Gewirke on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Gewirk” in Duden online
- “Gewirk” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache