bakke

From Old Norse bakki (“bank”).

• IPA^(key): /bakə/, [ˈb̥ɑɡ̊ə]

bakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)

1. hill, rise, slope

From Middle Low German bak, back or Middle Dutch bak, from Medieval Latin bacca (“basin, bowl”)

• IPA^(key): /bakə/, [ˈb̥ɑɡ̊ə]

bakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)

1. tray, salver

From German Backe.

• IPA^(key): /bakə/, [ˈb̥ɑɡ̊ə]

bakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)

1. jaw (of a tool)

From English back

• IPA^(key): /bakə/, [ˈb̥ɑɡ̊ə]

bakke (imperative bak, infinitive at bakke, present tense bakker, past tense bakkede, perfect tense har bakket)

1. to back

bakke

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of bakken

• bekak

Probably a corruption of Old Swedish nattbakka, likely related to Old English nihtwacu (“night watch”), replacing Old English hrēremūs (see reremouse), perhaps later rhymed with rat or cat, two other animals with good night vision.

• bak, bake, balke

• IPA^(key): /ˈbak(ə)/

bakke (plural bakkes)

1. bat (flying mammal)

• English: bat
• Scots: bat

• English: wake, watch
• German: Wache (“watch”)
• Old High German: wahta (“watch, vigil”)
• Old Norse: vaka (“watch, vigil”)

• “bakke (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-12.

From Old English bæc.

bakke

1. Alternative form of bak

From Old Norse bakki

bakke m (definite singular bakken, indefinite plural bakker, definite plural bakkene)

1. a hill or slope
2. the ground (surface of the earth)

• bakkenivå
• bakkepersonale
• hoppbakke
• skibakke

From English back

bakke (imperative bakk, present tense bakker, passive bakkes, simple past and past participle bakka or bakket, present participle bakkende)

1. to back (reverse, support)

• “bakke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse bakki. Akin to English bank

• IPA^(key): /²bɑkːə/

bakke m (definite singular bakken, indefinite plural bakkar, definite plural bakkane)

1. a hill or slope

   Vegen går opp ein bratt bakke.

   The road leads up a steep hill.

2. 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.

• bakkenivå
• bakkepersonale
• hoppbakke
• skibakke

• “bakke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Frisian baka, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną.

bakke

1. to bake

• “bakke”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011