wrak
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch wrac (“defective; wreck”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrekan, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną (“to push, drive out”), probably in the sense of things cast ashore.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wrak (plural wrakke)
- A wreck (remains of a vehicle, vessel, aircraft or other piece of machinery).
- Hulle het die wrak langs die koraalrif geplunder.
- They plundered the wreck next to the coral reef.
- A wreck (severely damaged creature).
- Anna was 'n wrak na Henk se oorlye.
- Anna was an emotional wreck after Henk's death.
Derived terms edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch wrac (“defective; wreck”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrekan, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną (“to push, drive out”), probably in the sense of things cast ashore.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wrak n (plural wrakken, diminutive wrakje n)
- A wreck (remains of a vehicle, vessel, aircraft or other piece of machinery).
- Het is ten strengste verboden om het wrak naast het koraalrif te betreden.
- It is strictly prohibited to enter the wreck next to the coral reef.
- A wreck (severely damaged creature).
- Henk was een wrak na Anna's overlijden.
- Henk was an emotional wreck after Anna's death.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: wrak
Adjective edit
wrak (not comparable)
Inflection edit
Inflection of wrak | ||||
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uninflected | wrak | |||
inflected | wrakke | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | wrak | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | wrakke | ||
n. sing. | wrak | |||
plural | wrakke | |||
definite | wrakke | |||
partitive | wraks |
References edit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
wrak
- Romanization of 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺
Old Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *wraihaz. Cognate to Middle English wraw.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
wrāk
References edit
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Old Javanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Unknown.
Noun edit
wrak
- mixture dish
Etymology 2 edit
Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *sraat (“sour, acid”), *ɟuʔ (“sour, acid”).
Noun edit
wrak
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- "wrak" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Wrack, from Middle Low German wrak, probably from Old Saxon *wrak, derived from wrekan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrekan, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wrak m inan
- shipwreck, wreck, wreckage
- Nurkowie wydobyli z morza wrak statku.
- The divers recovered the shipwreck from the sea.
- clunker, junker, beater, rustbucket, decrepit car
- (colloquial) broken man, mess, train wreck (someone who is unbalanced and considered a mess; a disaster; one who is suffering personal ruin)
- Synonym: ruina
Declension edit
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Sranan Tongo edit
Verb edit
wrak
- To hate.