Wrack
Meaning
- (neuter,strong) wreck (damaged remains of a ship, airplane, etc.)
- (neuter,strong) wreck (physically and/or mentally unstable person)
Frequency
Gender
Neuter
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vʁak/
Etymology
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).
Cognate with German
rächen
Cognate with English
wreak
Cognate with Dutch
wrak
Cognate with English
wrack
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