wraak

Betekenis (Engels)

revenge

Sinonieme

vergelding

restituering

terugbetaling

wedervergelding

vendetta

vete

Vertalings

Rache

revenge

venganza

vingança

vengeance

vengeance

vendetta

revanche

retribution

intikam

öç

εκδίκηση

Vergeltung

ثأر

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/vraːk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle Dutch: wrake

Geërf van Old Dutch: wrāka

Verwante met Engels: wrack

Verwante met Duits: Rache

In summary

From Middle Dutch wrāke, wraeck, from Old Dutch wrāka, wrāca, from Proto-West Germanic *wrāku, from Proto-Germanic *wrēkō (“persecution, revenge”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to drive, press, urge”).
Cognate with English wrack and wreak (“vengeance, revenge”), Low German Wraak (“revenge, vengeance”), German Rache (“revenge”). More at wreak.