flak

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • a flat object, a floe, a flatbed
  • a bed, the (open) cargo area of a vehicle (e.g. truck, lorry, pickup truck, dump truck, tip truck)

Etymology

Derived from German flach (flat, level, plane) derived from Proto-Germanic *flakaz.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*flakaz

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