wraak

Meaning

revenge

Frequency

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vraːk/

Etymology

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”), German Rache (“revenge”). More at wreak.