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raak

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See also: rääk

Dutch

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Etymology

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From raken.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /raːk/
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  • Hyphenation: raak
  • Rhymes: -aːk

Adjective

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raak (comparative raker, superlative raakst)

  1. hitting; to the point
    Dat was een rake opmerking. — “That remark was right on the mark.”
  2. on target; scoring; counting
    De bal lag net op de doellijn, dus kan het niet raak zijn geweest.
    “The ball lay exactly on the goal line, so it can’t have been a goal.”
  3. (colloquial, used impersonally) pregnant
    Een kleine misselijkheid hoeft nog niet te zeggen dat het echt raak is.
    “A little nausea doesn’t have to mean that you’re really pregnant.”

Declension

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Declension of raak
uninflected raak
inflected rake
comparative raker
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial raak raker het raakst
het raakste
indefinite m./f. sing. rake rakere raakste
n. sing. raak raker raakste
plural rake rakere raakste
definite rake rakere raakste
partitive raaks rakers

Verb

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raak

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

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Noun

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raak

  1. creek