wrak

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.

• IPA^(key): /vrak/

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.

• motorwrak
• skeepswrak

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.

• IPA^(key): /vrɑk/

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• Hyphenation: wrak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

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.

• autowrak
• scheepswrak
• vliegtuigwrak
• wrakgoed

• Afrikaans: wrak

wrak (not comparable)

1. defective, derelict, rickety

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

wrak

1. Romanization of 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺

From Proto-Germanic *wraihaz. Cognate to Middle English wraw.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwraːk/

wrāk

1. crooked

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

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.

• IPA^(key): /vrak/

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• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: wrak

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

• wrak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wrak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

wrak

1. To hate.