vrak

See also: vräk

Czech

Noun

vrak m inan

1. wreck
2. shipwreck

   vrak lodě. ― Shipwreck.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• vrakoviště n

 

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

vrak n (definite singular vraket, indefinite plural vrak, definite plural vraka or vrakene)

1. a wreck
2. a shipwreck

Derived terms

• skipsvrak
• vrakgods

Verb

vrak

1. imperative of vrake

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋrɑːk/

Noun

vrak n (definite singular vraket, indefinite plural vrak, definite plural vraka)

1. a wreck
2. something which is discarded, rejected
3. (idiomatic) a wretch

Derived terms

• bilvrak
• skipsvrak
• totalvrak
• vrake
• vrakfisk
• vrakgods
• vrakgras
• vrakpant
• vrakplyndring

 

Adjective

vrak

1. (predicative) wretched

References

• “vrak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• krav, kvar

Old Norse

Verb

vrak

1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of vreka

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch and Middle Low German wrak, probably from Old Saxon *wrak, derived from wrekan. Compare English wrack, German Wrack and Danish vrag.

Noun

vrak n

2. the remains of something damaged or worn down to the point of being ruined; a wreck (e.g. a shipwreck)

   Synonym: (shipwreck) skeppsvrak

3. someone who's in a very bad state physically or mentally; a wreck
4. a vehicle (often a car) in a very bad (but somewhat functional) state

Usage notes

(sense 1) would be understood as a shipwreck in most contexts.

Declension

Declension of vrak
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vrak	vraket	vrak	vraken
Genitive	vraks	vrakets	vraks	vrakens

See also

• förlisa (“suffer a shipwreck”)
• skeppsbrott (“a shipwreck event”)

Anagrams

• krav, kvar