Wrack

== German == === Etymology === From Middle Low German wrak, probably from Old Saxon *wrak, derived from wrekan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrekan, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, whence also German rächen and English wreak. Cognate with Dutch wrak, English wrack, wreck, Norwegian Bokmål vrak, Norwegian Nynorsk vrak, Swedish vrak (from Low German). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vʁak/ Rhymes: -ak === Noun === Wrack n (strong, genitive Wracks or Wrackes, plural Wracks or (rare) Wracke) wreck (damaged remains of a ship, airplane, etc.) wreck (physically and/or mentally unstable person) ==== Usage notes ==== The normal plural is Wracks. The form Wracke is rare. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== abwracken Autowrack Flugzeugwrack Schiffswrack === Further reading === “Wrack”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Wrack” in Duden online “Wrack” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon