bäck

See also: back, Back, and back-

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish bækker, from Old Norse bekkr, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰog-. Compare English beck

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛk
• Homophones: Beck, beck
• Rhymes: -ɛkː

Noun

bäck c

1. a small stream or brook

Declension

Declension of bäck

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bäck	bäcks
	definite	bäcken	bäckens
plural	indefinite	bäckar	bäckars
	definite	bäckarna	bäckarnas

Derived terms

• bäckahästen
• många bäckar små
• många bäckar små gör en stor å
• stämma i bäcken

See also

• dike
• kanal

• å
• ström
• älv
• flod

• fors
• vattenfall

Further reading

• “bäck”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)