vrek

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch vrec, vrek (miserly; miser), from Old Dutch *frek, from Proto-West Germanic *frek, from Proto-Germanic *frekaz. Originally an adjective, but substantivised in early Middle Dutch at the latest. Cognate to German frech (Old High German freh), Old English frec.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vrɛk/
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  • Hyphenation: vrek
  • Rhymes: -ɛk

Noun

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vrek m (plural vrekken, diminutive vrekje n)

  1. scrooge, miser
    Synonyms: duitenkliever, gierigaard
    Boer Munte is een vreselijke vrek, die zijn zoon snoep noch speelgoed gunt.
    Farmer Coyn is a terrible miser, who lets his son have candy nor toys.

Derived terms

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Adjective

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vrek (comparative vrekker, superlative vrekst)

  1. (obsolete) miserly, avaricious
    Synonyms: gierig, vrekkerig, vrekkig

Declension

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Declension of vrek
uninflected vrek
inflected vrekke
comparative vrekker
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vrek vrekker het vrekst
het vrekste
indefinite m./f. sing. vrekke vrekkere vrekste
n. sing. vrek vrekker vrekste
plural vrekke vrekkere vrekste
definite vrekke vrekkere vrekste
partitive vreks vrekkers