Neuter
Wrack
Meaning
- (neuter, strong) wreck (damaged remains of a ship, airplane, etc.)
- (neuter, strong) wreck (physically and/or mentally unstable person)
Synonyms
Wrackgut
Schrotthaufen
Schiffstrümmer
Wrackteil
havariertes Schiff
Schiff in Seenot
Frequency
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).
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