raak

Borrowed from English rack.

raak

1. rack

• IPA^(key): /raːk/

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• Hyphenation: raak
• Rhymes: -aːk

From raken.

raak (comparative raker, superlative raakst)

1. hitting; to the point

   Dat was een rake opmerking. — “That remark was right on the mark.”

2. on target; scoring; counting

   De bal lag net op de doellijn, dus kan het niet raak zijn geweest.

   “The ball lay exactly on the goal line, so it can’t have been a goal.”

3. (colloquial, used impersonally) pregnant

   Een kleine misselijkheid hoeft nog niet te zeggen dat het echt raak is.

   “A little nausea doesn’t have to mean that you’re really pregnant.”

From Middle Dutch rāke, from Old Dutch *raka, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *rakō; compare riek.

raak f (plural raken, diminutive raakje n)

1. (dialectal) rake

   Synonym: hark

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

raak

1. inflection of raken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

From Middle English raken, from Old Norse raka, from Proto-Germanic *raką.

• IPA^(key): /raːk/

raak

1. to rake

• Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990) “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎^[1], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 159

• IPA^(key): /raːk/

raak

1. creek