kraak

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kraːk/
• Hyphenation: kraak
• Rhymes: -aːk

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

Synonyms

• (breaking): breken
• (breaking and entering): inbreken

Related terms

• afkraken
• plofkraak
• plofkraken
• plofkraker
• ramkraak
• ramkraken
• ramkraker
• kraken
• kraker

Verb

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

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

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

Alternative forms

• karaak (obsolete)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål krake.

Noun

kraak m (plural kraken, diminutive kraakje n)

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

Alternative forms

• kraken

Synonyms

• (giant octopus): reuzeninktvis, reuzenoctopus
• (sea monster): zeemonster, zeegedrocht, kraakvis

Etymology 4

Noun

kraak m (plural kraken, diminutive kraakje n)

1. a gallery in a barn or church

Synonyms

• (gallery): hangzolder

References

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

Finnish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

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

Derived terms

• raakkua