Bake

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bake"

German

Etymology

17th century, from Middle Low German bāke, from Old Frisian bāken, from Proto-West Germanic *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukną. Cognate with Dutch baak, English beacon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaːkə/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: Barke (some speakers)

Noun

Bake f (genitive Bake, plural Baken)

1. nautical traffic sign or buoy
2. a kind of road sign(s), used in Germany e.g. at level crossings

Declension

Declension of Bake [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bake	die	Baken
genitive	einer	der	Bake	der	Baken
dative	einer	der	Bake	den	Baken
accusative	eine	die	Bake	die	Baken

Hyponyms

• Absperrbake, Baustellenbake, Funkbake, Leitbake, Verkehrsbake, Warnbake

See also

• Boje

Yola

Proper noun

Bake

1. Alternative form of Baak
   • 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR, page 18:

     Aneure vrem a Bake,

     [Another from the Beak,]

   • 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR, page 18:

     Anoor vrem a Bake,

     [Another from the Beak,]

   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX, page 130:

     Anure vrem ee Bake,

     [Another from the Beak,]

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 18