bakke
Danish
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old Danish bakkæ, from Old Norse bakki (“bank; ridge”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô (“bank, embankment; a hill”). Akin to English bank.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)
Inflection
editEtymology 2
editFrom Middle Low German bak, back or Middle Dutch bak, from Medieval Latin bacca (“basin, bowl”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)
Inflection
editEtymology 3
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)
- jaw (of a tool)
Inflection
editEtymology 4
editPronunciation
editVerb
editbakke (imperative bak, infinitive at bakke, present tense bakker, past tense bakkede, perfect tense har bakket)
- to back
Dutch
editVerb
editbakke
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editEtymology 1
editProbably 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
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbakke (plural bakkes)
- bat (flying mammal)
Descendants
editSee 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, retrieved 2018-09-12.
Etymology 2
editNoun
editbakke
- Alternative form of bak
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse bakki. Doublet of banke.
Noun
editbakke m (definite singular bakken, indefinite plural bakker, definite plural bakkene)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editbakke (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
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse bakki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô. Akin to English bank.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbakke 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.
- 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.
Declension
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- “bakke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Saterland Frisian
editEtymology
editUncertain. Apparently related to German Low German backen (“to stick, cleave, cling”), Dutch bakken (“to become hard, freeze; to stick, get stuck”). Perhaps a special use of the terms meaning "bake".
Verb
editbakke
Related terms
edit- boake (“to bake”) (possibly)
West Frisian
editEtymology
editFrom Old Frisian baka, from Proto-West Germanic *bakan, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editbakke
- to bake
Inflection
editWeak class 1 | ||||
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infinitive | bakke | |||
3rd singular past | bakte | |||
past participle | bakt | |||
infinitive | bakke | |||
long infinitive | bakken | |||
gerund | bakken n | |||
auxiliary | hawwe | |||
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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