Nettsiden virker ikke i kveld.

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Breakdown of Nettsiden virker ikke i kveld.

• ikke: not
• kvelden: the evening
• virke: to work

Questions & Answers about Nettsiden virker ikke i kveld.

What does virker mean here, and how is it different from other verbs like fungerer or er?

In this sentence, virker means works / is functioning.

• Nettsiden virker ikke i kveld.
  = The website is not working tonight.

Common related verbs:

• virke – to work / function (often about machines, systems, technical things, also about things having an effect)
  
  • PC-en min virker ikke. – My PC isn’t working.
• fungere – to function, to work (very close to virke, a bit more neutral/formal)
  
  • Systemet fungerer ikke. – The system doesn’t function / work.
• være (er) – to be
  
  • Nettsiden er nede. – The website is down. (describing a state, not the action of working)

In everyday speech about technology, virker ikke and fungerer ikke are both very common and usually interchangeable:

• Nettsiden virker ikke.
• Nettsiden fungerer ikke.

Both are fine and mean almost the same thing in this context.

Why is virker in the simple present, not something like a progressive “is working / is not working”?