vracht

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vracht, from Middle Low German vracht, vrecht (“payment for cargo”), from Old Saxon frāht, frēht. Displaced the native Middle Dutch vrecht, both originally deriving from Proto-West Germanic *fra- + *aihti. Cognate with English freight and fraught.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑxt

Noun

vracht f (plural vrachten, diminutive vrachtje n)

1. freight, cargo
2. a large amount, a mass

Derived terms

• karrenvracht
• vrachtauto
• vrachtvliegtuig
• vrachtwagen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vrag
• → Caribbean Javanese: prag
• → Indonesian: prah
• → Manado Malay: frak (“fare”)

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German vracht, vrecht (“payment for cargo”), from Old Saxon frāht, frēht. Displaced the native Middle Dutch vrecht, both originally deriving from Proto-West Germanic *fra- + *aihti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vraxt/

Noun

vracht f

1. payment for cargo
2. freight, load, cargo

Alternative forms

• vrecht

Related terms

• vrachten

Descendants

• Dutch: vracht
• Limburgish: vrach
• → English: freight, fraught
• → Old French: fret (< vrecht) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “vracht”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vracht”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN