krak

See also: Krak

Danish

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic

Interjection

krak

1. crack (something breaking, cracking or collapsing)

Etymology 2

From German Krach.

Noun

krak n (singular definite krakket, plural indefinite krak)

1. (finance) crash

Declension

Declension of krak

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	krak	krakket	krak	krakkene
genitive	kraks	krakkets	kraks	krakkenes

Derived terms

• krakke
• børskrak
• bankkrak

References

• “krak” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɑk/
• Hyphenation: krak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic

Interjection

krak

1. crack

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

krak f (plural krakken, no diminutive)

1. gadwall (Mareca strepera)

Derived terms

• krakeend

French

Etymology

From Old French crac (“crusader castle”), from Classical Syriac ܟܪܟܐ (karəḵā, “fortress”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁak/

• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

krak m (plural kraks)

1. crusader castle

   Le krak de Montréal ― Montreal Castle

Further reading

• “krak”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Ido

Interjection

krak

1. crack! bang!

Nauruan

Etymology

Borrowed from English clock.

Noun

krak

1. clock

Polish

krak

Alternative forms

• crack

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *gerg-der.

Proto-West Germanic *krakōn

Old English cracian

Middle English crakken

English crackbor.

Polish krak

Borrowed from English crack.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrak/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: krak
• Homophone: Krak

Noun

krak m animal or m inan

1. (slang) crack, crack cocaine (mixture of baking soda and cocaine in solid form that is smoked in a pipe as a narcotic)

   Hypernym: kokaina

2. (computing) crack (program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software)

   Hypernym: program

Declension

Declension of krak

	singular	plural
nominative	krak	kraki
genitive	kraka/kraku	kraków
dative	krakowi	krakom
accusative	kraka/krak	kraki
instrumental	krakiem	krakami
locative	kraku	krakach
vocative	kraku	kraki

Further reading

• “krak”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “krak”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korkъ. First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krâːk/

Noun

krȃk m inan (Cyrillic spelling кра̑к)

1. limb (of a frog and certain animals such as octopus or crab), tentacle
2. fork, branch (of a river, road, etc.)

Declension

Declension of krak

	singular	plural
nominative	krȃk	krȃci / krȁkovi
genitive	kraka	kraka / krȁkōvā
dative	kraku	kracima / krakovima
accusative	krak	krake / krakove
vocative	krače	krȃci / krȁkovi
locative	kraku	kracima / krakovima
instrumental	krakom	kracima / krakovima

Further reading

• “krak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• “крак”, in Raskovnik [Dictionary portal Raskovnik of the Institute for the Serbian Language, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts] (in Serbo-Croatian), http://raskovnik.org, 2015–2026