bakke
Danish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Danish bakkæ, from Old Norse bakki (“bank; ridge”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô (“bank, embankment; a hill”). Akin to English bank.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)
Inflection edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Low German bak, back or Middle Dutch bak, from Medieval Latin bacca (“basin, bowl”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)
Inflection edit
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)
- jaw (of a tool)
Inflection edit
Etymology 4 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bakke (imperative bak, infinitive at bakke, present tense bakker, past tense bakkede, perfect tense har bakket)
- to back
Dutch edit
Verb edit
bakke
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Probably 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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bakke (plural bakkes)
- bat (flying mammal)
Descendants edit
See 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 edit
Noun edit
bakke
- Alternative form of bak
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse bakki. Doublet of banke.
Noun edit
bakke m (definite singular bakken, indefinite plural bakker, definite plural bakkene)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
bakke (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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse bakki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô. Akin to English bank.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bakke 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 edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “bakke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Saterland Frisian edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. 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 edit
bakke
Related terms edit
- boake (“to bake”) (possibly)
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian baka, from Proto-West Germanic *bakan, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bakke
- to bake
Inflection edit
Weak 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