braak

See also: bråk

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch braken.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /brɑːk/
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Verb

braak (present braak, present participle brakende, past participle gebraak)

To vomit.

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /braːk/
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Hyphenation: braak
Rhymes: -aːk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch brake (“fallow land”), which is related to the root of breken (“to break”). Related to Old English brǣc (“unplowed land”) and German Brache (“fallow”).

Adjective

braak (not comparable)

fallow

Inflection

Inflection of braak
uninflected	braak
inflected	brake
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		braak
indefinite	m./f. sing.	brake
	n. sing.	braak
	plural	brake
definite		brake
partitive		braaks

Derived terms

braakakker
braakland
braakliggend
braakvogel
braakvrucht

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch brake, brēken.

Noun

braak f (uncountable)

The act of breaking or breaking in.

Derived terms

braakspoor

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

braak

first-person singular present indicative of braken
imperative of braken

References

van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “braak1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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