Wrack
German, noun/vʁak/
Wrack is spelled W-R-A-C-K (5 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written German, the 15,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wrack is a German neuter noun meaning “wreck (damaged remains of a ship, airplane, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zerstörtes, schrottreifes Fahrzeug”.
What does Wrack mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterwreck (damaged remains of a ship, airplane, etc.)
Das Wrack des Schiffs wurde mit Spezialkränen geborgen.
- 2
neuterwreck (physically and/or mentally unstable person)
Während meiner Grippe war ich ein Wrack.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zerstörtes, schrottreifes Fahrzeug 2. psychisch labile Person
adjective: 1. mit großen, nicht mehr zu reparierenden Beschädigungen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Wrack
- Wracks genitive
- Wrackes genitive
- Wracke plural rare
- Wracken dative definite plural
- wracker comparative
- am wracksten superlative
- wracke positive nominative strong
- wrackes positive nominative strong
- wracken positive genitive strong
- wrackem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wrack?
- /vʁak/
- [vʁak]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wrack
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wrack in German?
Wrack appears 3.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).