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kraak

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From kraken (to crack; to squat; to break and enter). Cognate with English crack.

Noun

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kraak m (plural kraken, diminutive kraakje n)

  1. an instance or action of cracking, breaking; in particular the activity of squatting premises
  2. a robbery by breaking and entering
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Verb

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kraak

  1. inflection of kraken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch crake, from Old French caraque, from Old Spanish carraca, Italian caracca or Medieval Latin carraca, from Latin carrus or Arabic قَرَاقِير (qarāqīr).

Noun

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kraak f (plural kraken, diminutive kraakje n)

  1. (navigation) a carrack, a nau; a large, 16th/17th century, Iberian type of war - or commercial naval ship
  2. a smaller Dutch type of wooden cargo ship, used for inland shipping from the late seventeenth to early nineteenth century
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål krake.

Noun

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kraak m (plural kraken, diminutive kraakje n)

  1. (zoology) Kraken, giant octopus
  2. sea monster
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Etymology 4

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Noun

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kraak m (plural kraken, diminutive kraakje n)

  1. a gallery in a barn or church
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References

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  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Finnish

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɑːk/, [ˈkrɑ̝ːk]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːk
  • Hyphenation(key): kraak

Interjection

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kraak

  1. croak (glottal sound)
  2. croak, caw (the sound of a raven or a crow)
    Coordinate term: kvaak (the sound of duck)
    Alternative form: krääk

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