prakt

A loan translation from the Middle Low German pracht and later from the Danish pragt. Compare the archaic compounds hofprakt and hoffrakt.

• IPA^(key): /pʰraxt/
• Rhymes: -axt

prakt f (genitive singular praktar, no plural)

1. glory

• pomp og prakt
• praktugur

prakt f or m (definite singular prakta or prakten, uncountable)

1. pomp, glory, splendour, magnificence

• pomp og prakt

From Middle Low German pracht, from Old High German braht (“crackling noise”), from Proto-Germanic *brahtaz (“cracking, snapping”), referring to the sound of applause. Influenced by German prangen (“to show off”).

prakt c

1. pomp, glory, splendour, magnificence

• präktig