References
Sources consulted in building this archive — dictionaries, etymological databases, philosophical primary texts, and the few excellent secondary studies available for each topic.
The content on wierk.com is compiled from standard reference works in linguistics, lexicography, and the humanities. The list below is organised by kind. Every linked source has been verified against the claims it supports; any errors are our own.
Luxembourgish dictionaries
Dictionary
Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire (LOD)The official Luxembourgish dictionary, maintained by the Zenter fir d'Lëtzebuerger Sprooch.
Language portal
Infolux — Université du LuxembourgResearch portal on Luxembourgish language, including dialectological material and historical corpora.
Spell checker
spellchecker.luLuxembourgish orthography reference.
Ministry
100 Wierder Lëtzebuergesch — Ministère de l'Éducation nationaleLuxembourg Ministry of Education's 100-word Luxembourgish primer; notable for its use of the plural form Wierder in the title.
Etymological sources
Wiktionary
Wiktionary: WierkEntries for Luxembourgish and Saterland Frisian, with IPA and etymology.
Wiktionary
Wiktionary: Proto-Germanic *werkąReconstructed lemma with descendants across Germanic.
Wiktionary
Wiktionary: PIE *werǵ-The Proto-Indo-European verbal root, with attested descendants in every major branch.
Etymonline
Etymonline: workEnglish etymology reference by Douglas Harper.
DWDS
DWDS: WerkDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache — the authoritative scholarly German-language corpus dictionary.
Wiktionary
Wiktionary: ἔργον (ergon)Ancient Greek entry, with derivations and compound forms.
Philosophy and aesthetics
Primary text
Walter Benjamin — "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction"Full English translation of the 1935 essay on aura and reproduction.
Encyclopedia
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Walter BenjaminComprehensive scholarly overview, useful for navigating Benjamin's full corpus.
Encyclopedia
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Heidegger's AestheticsCovers "The Origin of the Work of Art" and its claims about world, earth, and the strife they stage in the Werk.
Encyclopedia
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Hannah ArendtIncludes the labor/work/action distinction from The Human Condition.
Encyclopedia
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Theodor W. AdornoFor Adorno's Ästhetische Theorie and the autonomy of the artwork.
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia — Opera apertaOverview of Umberto Eco's The Open Work (1962).
Academic book
Lydia Goehr — The Imaginary Museum of Musical Works (OUP, 1992)The standard study of the work-concept in music and the doctrine of Werktreue.
German cultural concepts
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia — GesamtkunstwerkThe total work of art, from Trahndorff (1827) through Wagner to contemporary use.
Encyclopedia
Britannica — Deutscher WerkbundFounded Munich 1907; parent institution of the Bauhaus.
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia — The Origin of the Work of ArtHeidegger's 1935–36 lectures, published in Holzwege (1950).
About Luxembourgish
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia — Luxembourgish (English)Overview of the language, its history, and its place in the Moselle Franconian dialect group.
Encyclopedia
Wikipédia — Lëtzebuergesch (Luxembourgish)Native-language Wikipedia entry on Luxembourgish.
Institution
Centre national de littérature (CNL)Luxembourg's national literature archive; resource for Luxembourgish literary history.
On wierk.com
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