wraak

Concepts

revenge

vengeance

retribution

retaliation

reprisal

requital

vendetta

wrack

wreak

getting even

ultion

revengement

self-redress

wanion

carcase

avengeance

carcass

feud

reimbursement

repayment

talion

Synonyms

vergelding

restituering

terugbetaling

wedervergelding

vendetta

vete

Translations

Rache

venganza

vingança

vengeance

vendetta

revanche

öç

intikam

εκδίκηση

Vergeltung

ثأر

rétorsion

talion

rappresaglia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vraːk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: wrake

Inherited from Old Dutch: wrāka

Cognate with English: wrack

Cognate with German: 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.