vrek

Dutch

Alternative forms

• vrack (obsolete, ablaut)
• vreck (obsolete)
• wrack (obsolete, hypercorrection)
• wreck (obsolete, hypercorrection)

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/

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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	—