Wrack

Betekenis

(neuter,strong) wreck (damaged remains of a ship, airplane, etc.)
(neuter,strong) wreck (physically and/or mentally unstable person)

Frequentie

Geslacht

Onzijdig

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/vʁak/

Etymologie

From Middle Low German wrak, probably from Old Saxon *wrak, derived from wrekan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrekan, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, whence also German rächen and English wreak. Cognate with Dutch wrak, English wrack, wreck, Norwegian Bokmål vrak, Norwegian Nynorsk vrak, Swedish vrak (from Low German).