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wrak.

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

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

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

    neuter
    Het is ten strengste verboden om het wrak naast het koraalrif te betreden.
  2. emotional wreck

    neuter
    Henk was een wrak na Anna's overlijden.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch wrac, from Old Dutch *wrac, from Proto-West Germanic *wrak (“floating debris”), from Proto-Germanic *wraką. Nominalisation of the adjective wrak (“derelict”).

adj/vrɑk/
  1. defective, derelict, rickety

    archaic · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch wrac, from Old Dutch *wrac, from Proto-West Germanic *wrak, from Proto-Germanic *wrakaz.

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