kraak
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Etymology 1Edit
From kraken (“to crack; to squat; to break and enter”). Cognate with English crack.
NounEdit
kraak m (plural kraken, diminutive kraakje n)
- An instance or action of cracking, breaking; in particular the activity of squatting premises.
- A robbery by breaking and entering.
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VerbEdit
kraak
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Dutch crake, from Old French caraque, from Old Spanish carraca, Italian caracca or Medieval Latin carraca, from Latin carrus or Arabic قَرَاقِير (qarāqīr).
NounEdit
kraak f (plural kraken, diminutive kraakje n)
- (navigation) A carrack, a nau; a large, 16th/17th century, Iberian type of war - or commercial naval ship.
- A smaller Dutch type of wooden cargo ship, used for inland shipping from the late seventeenth to early nineteenth century.
Alternative formsEdit
- karaak (obsolete)
Etymology 3Edit
Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål krake.
NounEdit
kraak m (plural kraken, diminutive kraakje n)
- (zoology) kraken, giant octopus
- sea monster
- Alternative form of kraken
SynonymsEdit
- (giant octopus): reuzeninktvis, reuzenoctopus
- (sea monster): zeemonster, zeegedrocht, kraakvis
Etymology 4Edit
NounEdit
kraak m (plural kraken, diminutive kraakje n)
- A gallery in a barn or church
SynonymsEdit
- (gallery): hangzolder
ReferencesEdit
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
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