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(file)
  • Rhymes: -ak

Noun

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

  1. tailcoat

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Frack”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Noun

Frack f (plural Fracke)

  1. dress
  2. frock
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