wraak

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) wraek, wraeck, wraack, vraak, vraack, vraek, vraeck

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wrāke, wraeck, from Old Dutch wrāka, wrāca, from Proto-West Germanic *wrāku, from Proto-Germanic *wrēkō (“persecution, revenge”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to drive, press, urge”).

Cognate with English wrack and wreak (“vengeance, revenge”), German Rache (“revenge”). More at wreak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vraːk/

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• Hyphenation: wraak
• Rhymes: -aːk

Noun

wraak f (uncountable)

1. revenge

   Hij heeft pas jaren later wraak genomen. ― He did not exact revenge until years later.