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Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From kraken (“to crack; to squat; to break and enter”). Cognate with English crack.
Noun
kraak m (plural kraken, diminutive kraakje n)
- An instance or action of cracking, breaking; in particular the activity of squatting premises.
- A robbery by breaking and entering.
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Verb
kraak
- inflection of kraken:
- first-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch crake, from Old French caraque, from Old Spanish carraca, Italian caracca or Medieval Latin carraca, from Latin carrus or Arabic قَرَاقِير (qarāqīr).
Noun
kraak f (plural kraken, diminutive kraakje n)
- (navigation) A carrack, a nau; a large, 16th/17th century, Iberian type of war - or commercial naval ship.
- A smaller Dutch type of wooden cargo ship, used for inland shipping from the late seventeenth to early nineteenth century.
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Etymology 3
Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål krake.
Noun
kraak m (plural kraken, diminutive kraakje n)
- (zoology) kraken, giant octopus
- sea monster
- Alternative form of kraken
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Etymology 4
Noun
kraak m (plural kraken, diminutive kraakje n)
- A gallery in a barn or church
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References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition)
Finnish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
Interjection
kraak
- croak (glottal sound)
- croak, caw (the sound of a raven or a crow)
- Coordinate term: kvaak (the sound of duck)
- Alternative form: krääk
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