wrak

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

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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.

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

Inflection

Inflection 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.

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Gothic

Romanization

wrak

1. Romanization of 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺

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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

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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

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Sranan Tongo

Verb

wrak

1. To hate.