wreak

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injure; to let out harm.
2. (archaic) To chasten, or chastise/chastize, or castigate, or punish, or smite.
3. (archaic) To inflict or take vengeance on.
4. (archaic) To take vengeance for.
5. (alt-of, intransitive, misspelling) Misspelling of reek.

Noun

1. (archaic, literary) Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.
2. (archaic, literary) Punishment; retribution; payback.

Concepten

aanrichten

aandoen

veroorzaken

stichten

teweegbrengen

beleggen

uitschrijven

houden

nemen

onderscheppen

ontnemen

overhalen

pakken

uitreiken

vergelding

verschaffen

verstrekken

wraak

benemen

belezen

bemiddelen

bewegen

determineren

doen besluiten

gebruiken

nauwkeurig bepalen

Synoniemen

inflict

cause

give rise to

play

pose

bring

provoke

do

result in

cause to take place

make for

work

stage

hold

organize

fix

force

generate

get

give

have

implement

impose

induce

manufacture

move

necessitate

output

pall

pay

💸

perform

perpetrate

persuade

procure

produce

provide

purvey

put out

put through

realise

reprisal

retaliation

retribution

return

revenge

seize

set

settle

set up

supply

Vertalingen

verursachen

causar

provocar

auslassen

déterminer

causar

bewirken

causare

veranlassen

antun

zufügen

ξεθυμαίνω

causer

bereiten

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɹiːk/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: wreken

Overgenomen van Oudengels: wrecan

Verwant aan Nederlands: wreken

Verwant aan Duits: rächen

Verwant aan Zweeds: vräka

Verwant aan Latijn: urgeō

Verwant aan Engels: urge

Verwant aan Engels: wreck

Overgenomen van Middelengels: wreke

Verwant aan Nederlands: wraak

In summary

From Middle English wreken, from Old English wrecan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrekan, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“push, shove, drive, track down”). Cognate via Proto-Germanic with Dutch wreken, German rächen, Swedish vräka; cognate via PIE with Latin urgēre (English urge), and distantly cognate with English wreck.