bæk

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bak"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse bekkr (“brook, creek”). Cognate with English beck, Old Norse bekkr (“a stream or brook”), Low German bek, beck, German Bach, Dutch beek, Swedish bäck.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛk/, [b̥ɛɡ̊]

Noun

bæk c (singular definite bækken, plural indefinite bække)

  1. brook (a small stream)
  2. brooklet (a little brook)

Inflection

Declension of bæk
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bæk bækken bække bækkene
genitive bæks bækkens bækkes bækkenes

Derived terms

See also

  • å (larger)
  • flod (much larger)

See also

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