vrak

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See also: vräk

Czech

Noun

vrak m inan

  1. wreck
  2. shipwreck
    vrak lodě.Shipwreck.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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

  1. a wreck
  2. a shipwreck

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Verb

vrak

  1. imperative of vrake

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

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

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Adjective

vrak

  1. (predicative) wretched

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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

  1. the remains of something damaged or worn down to the point of being ruined; a wreck (e.g. a shipwreck)
    Synonym: (shipwreck) skeppsvrak
  2. someone who's in a very bad state physically or mentally; a wreck
  3. 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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vrak vraket vrak vraken
Genitive vraks vrakets vraks vrakens

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