wrak

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.

• IPA^(key): /vrak/

wrak (plural wrakke)

1. A wreck (remains of a vehicle, vessel, aircraft or other piece of machinery).

   Hulle het die wrak langs die koraalrif geplunder.

   They plundered the wreck next to the coral reef.

2. A wreck (severely damaged creature).

   Anna was 'n wrak na Henk se oorlye.

   Anna was an emotional wreck after Henk's death.

• motorwrak
• skeepswrak

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. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /vrɑk/

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• Hyphenation: wrak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

wrak n (plural wrakken, diminutive wrakje n)

1. a wreck (remains of a vehicle, vessel, aircraft or other piece of machinery)

   Het is ten strengste verboden om het wrak naast het koraalrif te betreden. ― It is strictly prohibited to enter the wreck next to the coral reef.

2. a wreck (severely damaged creature)

   Henk was een wrak na Anna's overlijden. ― Henk was an emotional wreck after Anna's death.

• Afrikaans: wrak

wrak (not comparable)

1. defective, derelict, rickety

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Wrak”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

wrak

1. romanization of 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺

From Proto-Germanic *wraihaz. Cognate to Middle English wraw.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwraːk/

wrāk

1. crooked

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Unknown.

wrak

1. mixture dish

Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *sraat (“sour, acid”), *ɟuʔ (“sour, acid”).

wrak

1. vinegar

• > Javanese: ꦮꦼꦫꦏ꧀ (werak) (inherited)

• "wrak" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Borrowed from German Wrack, from Middle Low German wrak, probably from Old Saxon *wrak, derived from wrekan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrekan, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvrak/

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• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: wrak

wrak m inan

1. shipwreck, wreck, wreckage

   Nurkowie wydobyli z morza wrak statku.

   The divers recovered the shipwreck from the sea.

2. clunker, junker, beater, rustbucket, decrepit car

   Synonyms: grat, trup, złom

3. (colloquial) broken man, mess, train wreck (someone who is unbalanced and considered a mess; a disaster; one who is suffering personal ruin)

   Synonym: ruina

• wrak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wrak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

wrak

1. To hate.