backe
German
[edit]Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]backe
- inflection of backen:
Limburgish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- bakke (Veldeke spelling, Eupen spelling)
- bake̩ (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *bakan, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]backe (third-person singular present backt or bäckt, preterite bok or backde, subjunctive bök or bäckde, past participle gebacke, auxiliary han) (German-based spelling)
- (ergative) to bake; to roast
- (ergative, colloquial) to fry
- (ergative, chiefly pottery) to fire
- (intransitive) to stick together; to cake
- (transitive) to stick (something to something else)
- (intransitive, figuratively) to bake, to fry; to be affected by heat
Derived terms
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]backe
- alternative form of bak (“back”)
Pennsylvania German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare German backen, Dutch bakken, English bake.
Verb
[edit]backe
- to bake
Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse bakki (“bank”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]backe c
- a hill (portion of a road or other path sloping lengthwise)
- Synonyms: (downhill slope) nedförsbacke, (uphill slope) uppförsbacke
- Det är jobbigt att cykla uppför den branta backen
- It's strenuous to ride (a bike) up the steep hill
- a slope, an incline (part of the ground that slopes – see also the usage notes for sluttning)
- (uncountable) (nearby) ground
- Synonym: (more general) mark
- Hon halkade och föll i backen
- She slipped and fell to the ground [could also be interpreted as "She slipped and fell on the hill/slope," though unlikely here]
- Vasen trillade i backen när de skulle bära in den
- The vase fell to the ground as they were carrying it in
- Tjuren frustade och stampade i backen
- The bull snorted and stomped the ground
- (obsolete) a hill (elevated landmass)
- (obsolete) a burial mound
- Synonym: gravhög
Usage notes
[edit]- Sometimes appears in place names in the obsolete (sense 4), often in the plural "backar" (hills), usually meaning hilly terrain.
- See also the usage notes for sluttning.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | backe | backes |
| definite | backen | backens | |
| plural | indefinite | backar | backars |
| definite | backarna | backarnas |
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
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- Limburgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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- Rhymes:Limburgish/akə
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