braak

== Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch braken. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /brɑːk/ === Verb === braak (present braak, present participle brakende, past participle gebraak) To vomit. == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /braːk/ Hyphenation: braak Rhymes: -aːk === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch brâke (“fallow land”), from Proto-West Germanic *brāku. Cognate with German Brache (whence also the adjective brach), Old English brǣc (“plowed land”). Related with breken (“to break”), so called because the field is plowed (“broken”) and then left in this state. ==== Adjective ==== braak (not comparable) fallow ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch brake, brēken. ==== Noun ==== braak f (uncountable, no diminutive) the act of breaking or breaking in ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== braak inflection of braken: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === References === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “braak1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute