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vrek.

scrooge, miser

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/vrɛk/

  1. scrooge, miser

    masculine
    Boer Munte is een vreselijke vrek, die zijn zoon snoep noch speelgoed gunt.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch vrec, vrek (“miserly; miser”), from Old Dutch *frek, from Proto-West Germanic *frek, from Proto-Germanic *frekaz. Originally an adjective, but substantivised in early Middle Dutch at the latest. Cognate to German frech (Old High German freh), Old English frec.

adj/vrɛk/

  1. miserly, avaricious

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch vrec, vrek (“miserly; miser”), from Old Dutch *frek, from Proto-West Germanic *frek, from Proto-Germanic *frekaz. Originally an adjective, but substantivised in early Middle Dutch at the latest. Cognate to German frech (Old High German freh), Old English frec.

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