wrak

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wrac (“defective; wreck”) 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”) 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

Declension 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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Sranan Tongo

Verb

wrak

1. To hate.