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werk

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The LGBT slang usage is very recent and in essence an orthographical variant. It is independent from the far older and long-obsolete alternative form which derived directly from Middle English werk (noun) and werken, variant of worchen (verb).

verb werks · werking · werked

  1. alternative, obsolete Alternative form of work
  2. alternative Alternative form of work Werk it, bitch!

noun werks

  1. alternative, countable, obsolete, uncountable Alternative form of work
  2. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of work

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@misc{werk_2026,
  title = {werk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/werk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}