Wrack – German noun declension

German noun forms of Wrack

Noun: Wrack
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:

Nominative

Indefinite

Singularein Wrack
Plural Wracks

Definite

Singulardas Wrack
Pluraldie Wracks

Genitive

Indefinite

Singulareines Wracks; Wrackes
Plural Wracks

Definite

Singulardes Wracks; Wrackes
Pluralder Wracks

Dative

Indefinite

Singulareinem Wrack; Wracke
Plural Wracks

Definite

Singulardem Wrack; Wracke
Pluralden Wracks

Accusative

Indefinite

Singularein Wrack
Plural Wracks

Definite

Singulardas Wrack
Pluraldie Wracks

Sample Sentences

  • Das Wrack des Schiffs wurde mit Spezialkränen geborgen. (The wreck of the ship was recovered with specialized cranes.)
  • Während meiner Grippe war ich ein Wrack. (During my flu, I was a wreck.)
  • Nach zwanzig Jahren Saufen war er ein Wrack. (After twenty years of hard drinking, he was a wreck.)

Etymology

From Middle Low German wrak, probably from Old Saxon *wrak, derived from wrekan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrekan, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, whence also German rächen and English wreak. Cognate with Dutch wrak, English wrack, wreck, Norwegian Bokmål vrak, Norwegian Nynorsk vrak, Swedish vrak (from Low German). See: German Nouns 'rächen', English Nouns 'wreak', Dutch Nouns 'wrak', English Nouns 'wrack', Norwegian Bokmål Nouns 'vrak', Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns 'vrak', Swedish Nouns 'vrak'.

Verbs referencing "Wrack"

Danish Nouns vrag, Polish Nouns wrak, Swedish Nouns vrak.

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