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brakke

/bɹˈæk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
brakke
IPA
/bɹˈæk/
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Dutch.

Etymology

* As a Norwegian surname Brække, variant of Brekke. * As a Dutch surname, from Middle Dutch bracke (“bloodhound”), from Frankish *brakko, from Proto-Germanic *brak (“dog that hunts by scent”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂g- (“to smell”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, bracke, *brakko, *brak, *bʰreh₂g-

Inflected Forms

Brakkes (plural)

Homonyms

brac

Rhymes With

back black attack track lack jack pack mac crack hack stack pac

Questions

How do you pronounce brakke?
The recorded pronunciation is /bɹˈæk/.
What does brakke mean?
A surname from Dutch.
Where does brakke come from?
It is traced to Norwegian.

How to pronounce brakke

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