vrag

From Middle Low German wrak, probably from Old Saxon *wrak, derived from wrekan. Compare English wrack, German Wrack and Swedish vrak.

• IPA^(key): /vraːv/, [vʁɑːˀw]

vrag n (singular definite vraget, plural indefinite vrag)

1. shipwreck
2. wreck

• (shipwreck): skibsvrag

• vrage

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vorgъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wargás.

• IPA^(key): /ʋrâːɡ/

vrȃg m (Cyrillic spelling вра̑г, diminutive vràžić)

1. devil
2. (intensifier) hell (used as an intensifier in sentences that grammatically require a noun)

   Koji se vrag upravo dogodio? ― What the hell just happened?

   Nemoj ga smetati. Ljut je kao vrag. ― Don't bother him. He is angry as hell.

• đȁvao
• (Bosnia) šéjtān
• (Croatia) Sotòna
• (Serbia) Satàna

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