Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett kräk

wretch/krɛːk/

Meaning

wretch

In Swedish: svag människa, stackare, ynkrygg

Forms

Forms of kräk
Singular, indefiniteett kräk
Singular, definitekräket
Plural, indefinitekräk
Plural, definitekräken

kräk is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort kräk, det stora kräket. Check another noun

Practise kräk

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Is it en kräk or ett kräk?

kräk in a sentence

  • De är kräk som ger sig på oskyldiga
    They're scum to go after innocents
  • en skara ynkliga kräk
    a bunch of pitiful worms
  • Ge kattkräket lite mat
    Give the poor cat some food
  • Det ligger kräk på golvet
    There's puke on the floor

Questions

What does kräk mean in English?

kräk means “wretch”.

Is it en kräk or ett kräk?

It is ett kräk, and “the wretch” is kräket.

What is the plural of kräk?

kräk doesn't change in the plural: ett kräk, två kräk (definite: kräken).

Similar words

uslingäckel

Origin

Deverbal from Old Swedish kræka (“to crawl”), possibly with the original sense "to curve" (and if so, related to krake and krok).

Nearby common words

kräk is number 3,050 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary