wrak

Meaning

Noun

1. (neuter) a wreck (remains of a vehicle, vessel, aircraft or other piece of machinery)
2. (neuter) a wreck (severely damaged creature)

Adj

defective, derelict, rickety

Concepts

rickety

wreck

lapsed

decrepit

dilapidated

ramshackle

aged

decayed

derelict

old

🧓

seedy

shipwreck

venerable

void

ruin

beater

wretch

jalopy

crazy

unsound

cranky

bomb

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Synonyms

aftands

uitgeleefd

bouwvallig

uitgewoond

gammel

oud

🧓

bejaard

vergevorderd

scheepswrak

ellendeling

Translations

Wrack

gebrechlich

baufällig

vieux

🧓

abgelebt

épave

hinfällig

caduc

frágil

caduc

caduco

decrépito

infirme

alt

🧓

decrepito

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vrɑk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: wrac

In summary

From Middle Dutch wrac (“defective; wreck”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrekan, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną (“to push, drive out”), probably in the sense of things cast ashore.