Backe
See also: backe
English edit
Proper noun edit
Backe
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German backe, from Old High German backo. Further origin uncertain; note, however, the similarity to Latin bucca.
Noun edit
Backe f (genitive Backe, plural Backen, diminutive Bäckchen n)
Usage notes edit
- In most regions, Backe is the normal word for “cheek” while Wange is formal or literary.
Declension edit
Declension of Backe [feminine]
Derived terms edit
- die Backen vollnehmen (“to talk big”)
- Backpfeife (“slap on the cheek”)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Early New High German backe, possibly related to Etymology 1. However, perhaps more likely related to Bache and Bank, and converged onto the same spelling and pronunciation as that of Etymology 1.
Noun edit
Backe f (genitive Backe, plural Backen, diminutive Bäckchen n)
Declension edit
Declension of Backe [feminine]
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Backe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Backe (Schinken, Speckseite)” in Duden online
- “Backe (Wange, Seitenteil)” in Duden online
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Backe”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891