vrak

See also: vräk

Czech

Noun

vrak m inan

1. wreck
2. shipwreck

   vrak lodě. ― Shipwreck.

Declension

Declension of vrak (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	vrak	vraky
genitive	vraku	vraků
dative	vraku	vrakům
accusative	vrak	vraky
vocative	vraku	vraky
locative	vraku	vracích
instrumental	vrakem	vraky

Derived terms

• vrakoviště n

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

vrak n (definite singular vraket, indefinite plural vrak, definite plural vraka or vrakene)

1. a wreck
2. a shipwreck

Derived terms

• skipsvrak
• vrakgods

Verb

vrak

1. imperative of vrake

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋrɑːk/

Noun

vrak n (definite singular vraket, indefinite plural vrak, definite plural vraka)

1. a wreck
2. something which is discarded, rejected
3. (idiomatic) a wretch

Derived terms

• bilvrak
• skipsvrak
• totalvrak
• vrake
• vrakfisk
• vrakgods
• vrakgras
• vrakpant
• vrakplyndring

Adjective

vrak

1. (predicative) wretched

References

• “vrak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• krav, kvar

Old Norse

Verb

vrak

1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of vreka

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch and Middle Low German wrak, probably from Old Saxon *wrak, derived from wrekan. Compare English wrack, German Wrack and Danish vrag.

Noun

vrak n

2. the remains of something damaged or worn down to the point of being ruined; a wreck (e.g. a shipwreck)

   Synonym: (shipwreck) skeppsvrak

3. someone who's in a very bad state physically or mentally; a wreck
4. a vehicle (often a car) in a very bad (but somewhat functional) state

Usage notes

(sense 1) would be understood as a shipwreck in most contexts.

Declension

Declension of vrak

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vrak	vraks
	definite	vraket	vrakets
plural	indefinite	vrak	vraks
	definite	vraken	vrakens

Derived terms

• bilvrak
• fartygsvrak
• flygplansvrak
• kronvrak
• matvrak
• nervvrak
• ringvrak
• skeppsvrak
• strandvrak
• vrakdel
• vrakdykare
• vrakdykning
• vrakgods
• vrakletare
• vrakplats
• vrakplundrare
• vrakplundring
• vrakspillra
• vrakved

See also

• förlisa (“suffer a shipwreck”)
• skeppsbrott (“a shipwreck event”)

Further reading

• vrak in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• vrak in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• vrak in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)

Anagrams

• krav, kvar