wrak

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /vrak/

Noun

wrak (plural wrakke)

1. 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.

2. A wreck (severely damaged creature).

   Anna was 'n wrak na Henk se oorlye.

   Anna was an emotional wreck after Henk's death.

Derived terms

• motorwrak
• skeepswrak

Dutch

Etymology

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. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vrɑk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: wrak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

Noun

wrak n (plural wrakken, diminutive wrakje n)

1. 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.

2. A wreck (severely damaged creature).

   Henk was een wrak na Anna's overlijden. ― Henk was an emotional wreck after Anna's death.

Derived terms

• autowrak
• scheepswrak
• vliegtuigwrak
• wrakgoed

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: wrak

Adjective

wrak (not comparable)

1. defective, derelict, rickety

Declension

Declension of wrak
uninflected	wrak
inflected	wrakke
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		wrak
indefinite	m./f. sing.	wrakke
	n. sing.	wrak
	plural	wrakke
definite		wrakke
partitive		wraks

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Gothic

Romanization

wrak

1. Romanization of 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wraihaz. Cognate to Middle English wraw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwraːk/

Adjective

wrāk

1. crooked

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old Javanese

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

wrak

1. mixture dish

Etymology 2

Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *sraat (“sour, acid”), *ɟuʔ (“sour, acid”).

Noun

wrak

1. vinegar

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦮꦼꦫꦏ꧀ (werak) (inherited)

Further reading

• "wrak" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /vrak/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: wrak

Noun

wrak m inan

1. shipwreck, wreck, wreckage

   Nurkowie wydobyli z morza wrak statku.

   The divers recovered the shipwreck from the sea.

2. clunker, junker, beater, rustbucket, decrepit car

   Synonyms: grat, trup, złom

3. (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

Declension of wrak

	singular	plural
nominative	wrak	wraki
genitive	wraka/wraku	wraków
dative	wrakowi	wrakom
accusative	wrak	wraki
instrumental	wrakiem	wrakami
locative	wraku	wrakach
vocative	wraku	wraki

Derived terms

adjective

• wrakowy

 

nouns

• wrakowiec
• wrakowisko

 

Further reading

• wrak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wrak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sranan Tongo

Verb

wrak

1. To hate.