Frack

See also: frack, and fräck

German

Etymology

18th century, from English frock. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz and thus a doublet of Rock. The very open English [ɒ] was substituted with German [ɑ] (as it was then predominantly spoken).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁak/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ak

Noun

Frack m (strong, genitive Fracks or Frackes, plural Fräcke or Fracks, diminutive Fräckchen n)

1. tailcoat

Declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Frack	die	Fräcke, Fracks
genitive	eines	des	Fracks, Frackes	der	Fräcke, Fracks
dative	einem	dem	Frack, Fracke1	den	Fräcken, Fracks
accusative	einen	den	Frack	die	Fräcke, Fracks

Declension of Frack [masculine, strong]

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• befrackt

Descendants

• → Swedish: frack

References

1. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Frack”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading

• “Frack” in Duden online
• “Frack” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Frack on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Frack, from English frock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frak/, [fʀɑk]

  Rhymes: -ɑk

Noun

Frack m (plural Fräck)

1. tailcoat

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Borrowed from English frock. Compare German Frack.

Noun

Frack f (plural Fracke)

1. dress
2. frock