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Czech
Noun
vrak m inan
- wreck
- shipwreck
- vrak lodě. ― Shipwreck.
Declension
Declension of vrak (velar masculine inanimate)
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Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
vrak n (definite singular vraket, indefinite plural vrak, definite plural vraka or vrakene)
- a wreck
- a shipwreck
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Verb
vrak
- imperative of vrake
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Noun
vrak n (definite singular vraket, indefinite plural vrak, definite plural vraka)
- a wreck
- something which is discarded, rejected
- (idiomatic) a wretch
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Adjective
vrak
- (predicative) wretched
References
- “vrak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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Old Norse
Verb
vrak
- 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
- the remains of something damaged or worn down to the point of being ruined; a wreck (e.g. a shipwreck)
- Synonym: (shipwreck) skeppsvrak
- someone who's in a very bad state physically or mentally; a wreck
- 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.
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