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bakke
bakke
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse bakki (“bank”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bakə/, [ˈb̥ɑɡ̊ə]
Noun
bakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)
Inflection
Inflection of bakke
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German bak, back or Middle Dutch bak, from Medieval Latin bacca (“basin, bowl”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bakə/, [ˈb̥ɑɡ̊ə]
Noun
bakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)
Inflection
Inflection of bakke
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bakə/, [ˈb̥ɑɡ̊ə]
Noun
bakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)
- jaw (of a tool)
Inflection
Inflection of bakke
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bakə/, [ˈb̥ɑɡ̊ə]
Verb
bakke (imperative bak, infinitive at bakke, present tense bakker, past tense bakkede, perfect tense har bakket)
Middle English
Noun
bakke
- bat (flying mammal)
Alternative forms
Descendants
- English: bat
See also
- English: wake, watch
- German: Wache (watch)
- Old High German: wahta (watch, vigil)
- Old Norse: vaka (watch, vigil)
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Noun
bakke m (definite singular bakken, indefinite plural bakker, definite plural bakkene)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
bakke (imperative bakk, present tense bakker, passive bakkes, simple past and past participle bakka or bakket, present participle bakkende)
- to back (reverse, support)
References
- “bakke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.