bäcke

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• bëcke

Pronunciation

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /ˈbækχə/

Verb

bäcke (third-person singular simple present bäcket, past participle päcket, auxiliary haa)

1. to chop
2. to cough (especially with a dry or fitful cough); to hack

References

• “bëckeⁿ”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache^[1] (in German), volume 4, 1901, column 1111
• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 57.