vracht

Dutch

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Middle Dutch vracht, from Middle Low German vracht, vrecht (“payment for cargo”), from Old Saxon frāht, frēht. Displaced the native Middle Dutch vrecht, both originally deriving from Proto-Germanic *fra- + *aihtiz. Cognate with English freight and fraught.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑxt

Noun

vracht f (plural vrachten, diminutive vrachtje n)

1. freight
2. a large amount, a mass

Derived terms

Derived terms

• karrenvracht
• vrachtauto

• vrachtvliegtuig
• vrachtwagen

Derived terms

• vrachtwagen / vrachtauto

Descendants

• → Indonesian: prah

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German vracht, vrecht (“payment for cargo”), from Old Saxon frāht, frēht. Displaced the native Middle Dutch vrecht, both originally deriving from Proto-Germanic *fra- + *aihtiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vraxt/

Noun

vracht f

1. payment for cargo
2. freight, load, cargo

Alternative forms

• vrecht

Related terms

• vrachten

Descendants

(More at vrecht)

• Dutch: vracht
• Limburgish: vrach
• → English: freight, fraught

Further reading

• “vracht”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vracht”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN