OriginFrom German wirken.
- function properly
“Lommelygten virker ikke!” — The torch does not work!
- formalto work, to labor
- exert influence upon
“Han vil altså ikke tale om: sprog, der virker på mennesker ved konvention, f.eks. universalsprog; eller overhovedet om sprog som tegn, der meddeler et indhold.” — Thus, he does not want to talk about: languages, doing work on humans by convention, e.g. universal languagez; or about languages as signs conveying content at all.
- seem, appear
“Du virker lidt sur.” — You seem a little angry.
- neuter, no-plural, uncountablework, labor
Formsvirk(imperative) · at virke(infinitive) · virker(present) · virkede(past) · virket(perfect) · virker(active, present) · -(passive, present) · virkede(active, past) · -(passive, past) · virke(active, infinitive) · -(infinitive, passive) · virk(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · virkende(participle, present) · virket(participle, past) · auxiliary verb have(participle, past) · -(gerund, participle) · virket(definite, singular) · virke(indefinite, nominative, singular) · virket(definite, nominative, singular)
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