vrek

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch verrekken, itself (semantically) from German verrecken. The sense “to die” is apparently first attested in South African Dutch (1752) and may thus have been borrowed locally. The contracted form might also be from German, where it is widely found in dialects, but compare on the other hand Sranan Tongo frèk.

Verb

vrek (present vrek, present participle vrekkende, past participle gevrek)

1. (of plants and animals) to die
2. (of people, derogatory) to die, buy it, bite the dust

Synonyms

• sterf, doodgaan

Dutch

Alternative forms

• vreck (obsolete)
• vrak, vrack (obsolete, ablaut)
• wrack, wreck (obsolete, hypercorrect spelling)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vrec, vrek (“miserly; miser”), from Old Dutch *frek, from Proto-West Germanic *frek, from Proto-Germanic *frekaz. Originally an adjective, but substantivised in early Middle Dutch at the latest. Cognate to German frech (Old High German freh), Old English frec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vrɛk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: vrek
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Noun

vrek m (plural vrekken, diminutive vrekje n)

1. scrooge, miser

   Synonyms: duitenkliever, gierigaard

   Boer Munte is een vreselijke vrek, die zijn zoon snoep noch speelgoed gunt.

   Farmer Coyn is a terrible miser, who lets his son have candy nor toys.

Derived terms

• vrekheid
• vrekkerig
• vrekkig

Adjective

vrek (comparative vrekker, superlative vrekst)

1. (obsolete) miserly, avaricious

   Synonyms: gierig, vrekkerig, vrekkig

Declension

Declension of vrek
uninflected	vrek
inflected	vrekke
comparative	vrekker
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		vrek	vrekker	het vrekst het vrekste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	vrekke	vrekkere	vrekste
	n. sing.	vrek	vrekker	vrekste
	plural	vrekke	vrekkere	vrekste
definite		vrekke	vrekkere	vrekste
partitive		vreks	vrekkers	—