raak

See also: rääk

Dutch

Etymology

From raken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raːk/

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• Hyphenation: raak
• Rhymes: -aːk

Adjective

raak (comparative raker, superlative raakst)

1. hitting; to the point

   Dat was een rake opmerking. — “That remark was right on the mark.”

2. on target; scoring; counting

   De bal lag net op de doellijn, dus kan het niet raak zijn geweest.

   “The ball lay exactly on the goal line, so it can’t have been a goal.”

3. (colloquial, used impersonally) pregnant

   Een kleine misselijkheid hoeft nog niet te zeggen dat het echt raak is.

   “A little nausea doesn’t have to mean that you’re really pregnant.”

Declension

Declension of raak
uninflected	raak
inflected	rake
comparative	raker
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		raak	raker	het raakst het raakste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	rake	rakere	raakste
	n. sing.	raak	raker	raakste
	plural	rake	rakere	raakste
definite		rake	rakere	raakste
partitive		raaks	rakers	—

Verb

raak

1. inflection of raken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English raken, from Old Norse raka, from Proto-Germanic *raką.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raːk/

Verb

raak

1. to rake

References

• Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990) “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎, volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 159

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raːk/

Noun

raak

1. creek