Wöch

Wöch is a fictional linguistic term used in discussions of constructed languages to illustrate how a time-unit root can form related words. It is not a real word in established natural languages and should be understood as an illustrative concept for educational or worldbuilding purposes.

In the imagined lexicon, wöch denotes a seven-day time unit, comparable to a week. The root acts as a base for creating time-related nouns and compounds, showing how a single morpheme can generate multiple related concepts through affixation and compounding.

Common derivatives in the fictional system include wöchzeit for the duration of a week and wöchtag for a day within the week. Additional compounds might include wöchentag (a weekly day in some variants of the imagined language) and wöchkalender (a calendar that organizes time by weeks). Grammatical rules in this setting typically treat wöch as a bound morpheme or a root that combines with other morphemes to form attributive or plural forms consistent with the language’s morphology.

Usage and context: wöch appears mainly in fictional linguistics descriptions, worldbuilding guides, or conlang communities as a case study of time-noun formation. It is not used in real-world German or other standard languages, where the standard term for a seven-day period is “Woche.” The concept helps illustrate how a time-unit root can drive related vocabulary in a language.

See also: Woche; Week (temporal unit); Calendar systems; Constructed languages. There are no established external references for wöch outside of fictional or educational materials.