No. 936 in Norwegian
uken
"Uken" means "the week" in English.
In a sentence
Denne uken har jeg mange oppgaver å fullføre.
This week, I have many tasks to complete.
Here, 'uken' means 'the week' and is used to refer to the current week in progress with the definite article 'Den' attaching to 'uk' as 'uken'.
Jeg gleder meg til uken når vi skal på tur.
I am looking forward to the week when we are going on a trip.
In this case, 'uken' serves as the definite form of 'uke' (week), preceded by a time-reference phrase.
Aktivitetene i uken kan være svært varierte.
The activities during the week can be very varied.
'Uken' here reflects the thematic week within general statements, again in its definite form.
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