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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vrɑk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: wrak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wrac, from Old Dutch *wrac, from Proto-West Germanic *wrak (“floating debris”), from Proto-Germanic *wraką. Nominalisation of the adjective wrak (“derelict”).

Noun

wrak n (plural wrakken, diminutive wrakje n)

2. wreck, wreckage (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.

3. emotional wreck

   Henk was een wrak na Anna's overlijden. ― Henk was an emotional wreck after Anna's death.

Derived terms

• autowrak
• scheepswrak
• vliegtuigwrak
• wrakgoed

Related terms

• wreken

Descendants

• Afrikaans: wrak

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch wrac, from Old Dutch *wrac, from Proto-West Germanic *wrak, from Proto-Germanic *wrakaz.

Adjective

wrak (not comparable)

2. (now rare) defective, derelict, rickety

Declension

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

Related terms

• wreken

Gothic

Romanization

wrak

1. romanization of 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺

Middle English

Noun

wrak

1. alternative form of wrake

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

Old Javanese

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

wrak

1. mixture dish

Etymology 2

Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *sraat (“sour, acid”), *ɟuʔ (“sour, acid”).

Noun

wrak

1. vinegar

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦮꦼꦫꦏ꧀ (werak)

Further reading

• "wrak" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

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): /ˈvrak/

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “wrak”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

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Etymology

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Verb

wrak

1. To hate.