bakke
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Danish [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Old Norse bakki (“bank”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /bakə/, [ˈb̥ɑɡ̊ə]
Noun [edit]
bakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)
Inflection [edit]
Inflection of bakke
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Middle Low German bak, back or Middle Dutch bak, from Medieval Latin bacca (“basin, bowl”)
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /bakə/, [ˈb̥ɑɡ̊ə]
Noun [edit]
bakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)
Inflection [edit]
Inflection of bakke
Etymology 3 [edit]
From German Backe.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /bakə/, [ˈb̥ɑɡ̊ə]
Noun [edit]
bakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)
- jaw (of a tool)
Inflection [edit]
Inflection of bakke
Etymology 4 [edit]
From English back
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /bakə/, [ˈb̥ɑɡ̊ə]
Verb [edit]
bakke (imperative bak, infinitive at bakke, present tense bakker, past tense bakkede, past participle har bakket)
Dutch [edit]
Verb [edit]
bakke
Anagrams [edit]
Middle English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Probably a corruption of Old Swedish nattbakka, likely related to Old English nihtwacu (“night watch”), replacing Old English hrēremūs, perhaps later rhymed with rat or cat, two animals with with good night vision.
Noun [edit]
bakke
- bat (flying mammal)
Alternative forms [edit]
Descendants [edit]
- English: bat
See also [edit]
- English: wake, watch
- German: Wache (watch)
- Old High German: wahta (watch, vigil)
- Old Norse: vaka (watch, vigil)
References [edit]
Categories:
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish nouns
- Danish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Danish terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Danish terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Danish terms derived from German
- Danish terms derived from English
- Danish verbs
- Dutch verb forms
- Middle English terms derived from Old Swedish
- Middle English nouns
- enm:Mammals
