backe
- inflection ofbacken:
- first-personsingularpresent
- first/third-personsingularsubjunctive I
- singularimperative
Inherited fromProto-West Germanic*bakan, fromProto-Germanic*bakaną.
backe (third-person singular presentbacktorbäckt,preteritebokorbackde,subjunctivebökorbäckde,past participlegebacke,auxiliaryhan)(German-based spelling)
- (ergative) tobake; toroast
- (ergative, colloquial) tofry
- (ergative, chiefly pottery) tofire
- (intransitive) tostick together; tocake
- (transitive) tostick (something to something else)
- (intransitive, figuratively) tobake, tofry; to be affected byheat
backe
- Alternative form ofbak(“back”)
Pennsylvania German
[edit]CompareGermanbacken,Dutchbakken,Englishbake.
backe
- tobake
De rider mot en liten backe (en litenuppförsbacke) (sense 1)
Huset är byggt i en backe (ellersluttning) (sense 2)FromOld Norsebakki(“bank”), fromProto-Germanic*bankô.
backe c
- ahill (portion of a road or other path sloping lengthwise)
- Synonyms:(downhill slope)nedförsbacke,(uphill slope)uppförsbacke
Det är jobbigt att cykla uppför den brantabacken- It's strenuous to ride (a bike) upthe steephill
- aslope, anincline (part of the ground that slopes)
- Synonym:sluttning
backen på sidan avkullen- the slope on the side of the hill
- (uncountable) (nearby)ground
- Synonym:(more general)mark
Hon halkade och föll ibacken- She slipped and fell to theground (could also be interpreted as "She slipped and fell on the hill/slope," though unlikely here)
Vasen trillade ibacken när de skulle bära in den- The vase fell tothe ground as they were carrying it in
Tjuren frustade och stampade ibacken- The bull snorted and stompedthe ground
- (obsolete) ahill (elevated landmass)
- Synonyms:kulle,höjd
över berg ochbackar- over mountains andhills (still recognized as an expression)
galgbacke- gallowshill (site for execution by hanging, usually on a hill)
- (obsolete) aburial mound
- Synonym:gravhög
Sometimes appears in place names in the obsolete (sense 4), often in the plural "backar" (hills), where it usually means hilly terrain.
