wraak.
revenge
Meaning & usage
revenge
Hij heeft pas jaren later wraak genomen.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch wrāke, wraeck, from Old Dutch wrāka, wrāca, from Proto-West Germanic *wrāku, from Proto-Germanic *wrēkō (“persecution, revenge”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to drive, press, urge”). Cognate with English wrack and wreak (“vengeance, revenge”), Low German Wraak (“revenge, vengeance”), German Rache (“revenge”). More at wreak.
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