bakke
Danish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse bakki (“bank”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)
Inflection[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle Low German bak, back or Middle Dutch bak, from Medieval Latin bacca (“basin, bowl”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)
Inflection[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)
- jaw (of a tool)
Inflection[edit]
Etymology 4[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
bakke (imperative bak, infinitive at bakke, present tense bakker, past tense bakkede, perfect tense har bakket)
- to back
Dutch[edit]
Verb[edit]
bakke
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Probably a corruption of Old Swedish nattbakka, likely related to Old English nihtwacu (“night watch”), from niht + wacu, replacing Old English hrēremūs (see reremouse), perhaps later rhymed with rat or cat, two other animals with good night vision.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bakke (plural bakkes)
- bat (flying mammal)
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
- English: wake, watch
- German: Wache (“watch”)
- Old High German: wahta (“watch, vigil”)
- Old Norse: vaka (“watch, vigil”)
References[edit]
- “bakke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old English bæc.
Noun[edit]
bakke
- Alternative form of bak
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
bakke m (definite singular bakken, indefinite plural bakker, definite plural bakkene)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
bakke (imperative bakk, present tense bakker, passive bakkes, simple past and past participle bakka or bakket, present participle bakkende)
- to back (reverse, support)
References[edit]
- “bakke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse bakki. Akin to English bank
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bakke m (definite singular bakken, indefinite plural bakkar, definite plural bakkane)
- a hill or slope
- Vegen går opp ein bratt bakke.
- The road leads up a steep hill.
- Vegen går opp ein bratt bakke.
- the ground (surface of the earth)
- Eg likar ikkje å flyga, eg likar meg best på bakken.
- I don't like to fly, I feel most comfortable on the ground.
- Eg likar ikkje å flyga, eg likar meg best på bakken.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “bakke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
West Frisian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Frisian baka, from Proto-West Germanic *bakan, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
bakke
- to bake
Inflection[edit]
Weak class 1 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | bakke | |||
3rd singular past | bakte | |||
past participle | bakt | |||
infinitive | bakke | |||
long infinitive | bakken | |||
gerund | bakken n | |||
indicative | present tense | past tense | ||
1st singular | bak | bakte | ||
2nd singular | bakst | baktest | ||
3rd singular | bakt | bakte | ||
plural | bakke | bakten | ||
imperative | bak | |||
participles | bakkend | bakt |
Further reading[edit]
- “bakke”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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