werkt

Werkt is the third-person singular present tense form of the Dutch verb werken, meaning "to work." It is used to describe someone or something performing work in the present, such as hij werkt (he works) or het werkt (it works). The form also appears with the formal second-person singular pronoun u, as in u werkt (you work, formal).

The verb werken comes from the Dutch stem werk- and is part of the Dutch-Germanic language family. In Dutch, werken is a regular verb with standard present-tense endings, though the spelling of the second-person singular form is affected by pronoun use. The infinitive is werken; the simple past tense is werkte; the past participle is gewerkt. The present participle is werkend, used in constructions meaning “working.”

Conjugation (present tense): ik werk, jij werkt, hij/zij/het werkt, wij werken, jullie werken, zij werken. Note that the jij-form takes the same -t ending as the derde persoon enkelvoud in present tense when the subject is contradicted or inverted in questions (jij werkt, werkt u).

Usage notes: Werkt is one of the most common verb forms in Dutch and appears in everyday speech and writing. It is used for routine activities (e.g., Arbeit related contexts) as well as for describing functioning objects or mechanisms, as in Het werkt goed (It works well). The verb also forms many compound verbs and is essential for expressing employment, processes, and general activity in the present tense.

See also: werken (to work) and werk (work).