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Wrack.

wreck (damaged remains of a ship, airplane, etc.)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/vʁak/

  1. wreck (damaged remains of a ship, airplane, etc.)

    neuter · strong
    Das Wrack des Schiffs wurde mit Spezialkränen geborgen.

  2. wreck (physically and/or mentally unstable person)

    neuter · strong
    Während meiner Grippe war ich ein Wrack.
    Nach zwanzig Jahren Saufen war er ein Wrack.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German wrak, probably from Old Saxon *wrak, derived from wrekan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrekan, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, whence also German rächen and English wreak. Cognate with Dutch wrak, English wrack, wreck, Norwegian Bokmål vrak, Norwegian Nynorsk vrak, Swedish vrak (from Low German).

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