braak

See also: bråk

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Etymology

From Dutch braken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɑːk/

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Verb

braak (present braak, present participle brakende, past participle gebraak)

1. To vomit.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /braːk/

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• Hyphenation: braak
• Rhymes: -aːk

Etymology 1

Backformation from Middle Dutch brâke (“fallow land”), from Proto-West Germanic *brāku. Cognate with German Brache (whence also the adjective brach), Old English brǣc (“plowed land”). Related with breken (“to break”), so called because the field is plowed (“broken”) and then left in this state.

Adjective

braak (not comparable)

1. fallow

Inflection

Inflection of braak
uninflected	braak
inflected	brake
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		braak
indefinite	m./f. sing.	brake
	n. sing.	braak
	plural	brake
definite		brake
partitive		braaks

Derived terms

• braakakker
• braakland
• braakliggend
• braakvogel
• braakvrucht

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch brake, brēken.

Noun

braak f (uncountable)

1. The act of breaking or breaking in.

Derived terms

• braakspoor

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

braak

1. inflection of braken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “braak1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute