vrek
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- vrack (obsolete, ablaut)
- vreck (obsolete)
- wrack (obsolete, hypercorrection)
- wreck (obsolete, hypercorrection)
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch vrec, vrek (“miserly; miser”), from Old Dutch *frek, from Proto-West Germanic *frek, from Proto-Germanic *frekaz. Originally an adjective, but substantivised in early Middle Dutch at the latest. Cognate to German frech (Old High German freh), Old English frec.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vrek m (plural vrekken, diminutive vrekje n)
- scrooge, miser
- Synonyms: duitenkliever, gierigaard
- Boer Munte is een vreselijke vrek, die zijn zoon snoep noch speelgoed gunt.
- Farmer Coyn is a terrible miser, who lets his son have candy nor toys.
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
vrek (comparative vrekker, superlative vrekst)
Inflection edit
| Inflection of vrek | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | vrek | |||
| inflected | vrekke | |||
| comparative | vrekker | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | vrek | vrekker | het vrekst het vrekste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | vrekke | vrekkere | vrekste |
| n. sing. | vrek | vrekker | vrekste | |
| plural | vrekke | vrekkere | vrekste | |
| definite | vrekke | vrekkere | vrekste | |
| partitive | vreks | vrekkers | — | |