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backe

1. inflection of backen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

• bakke (Veldeke spelling, Eupen spelling)
• bake̩ (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *bakan, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.kə/, [ˈbɑ.kə]
• Homophone: Backe
• Rhymes: -akə

backe (third-person singular present backt or bäckt, preterite bok or backde, subjunctive bök or bäckde, past participle gebacke, auxiliary han) (German-based spelling)

1. (ergative) to bake; to roast
2. (ergative, colloquial) to fry
3. (ergative, chiefly pottery) to fire
4. (intransitive) to stick together; to cake
5. (transitive) to stick (something to something else)
6. (intransitive, figuratively) to bake, to fry; to be affected by heat

backe

1. alternative form of bak (“back”)

Compare German backen, Dutch bakken, English bake.

backe

1. to bake

From Old Norse bakki (“bank”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

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backe c

1. a hill (portion of a road or other path sloping lengthwise)

   Synonyms: (downhill slope) nedförsbacke, (uphill slope) uppförsbacke

   Det är jobbigt att cykla uppför den branta backen

   It's strenuous to ride (a bike) up the steep hill

2. a slope, an incline (part of the ground that slopes – see also the usage notes for sluttning)

   Synonym: sluttning

   backen på sidan av kullen

   the slope on the side of the hill

   1. slopes (idiomatically, sometimes, in the context of ski slopes)

      en dag i backen

      a day on the slopes

      (literally, “a day in the slope”)

      • 1998, Jan Nordlund, Johan Lagerlöf, Jens Bergmark, Daniel Bäckström, Arijan Selami, Marko Lehtosalo, Stefan Enberg, “Vi drar till fjällen [We head off to the mountains]”‎^[1]performed by Markoolio [portmanteau of his first name Marko and the stage name of American rapper Coolio]; Elise Myrberg; Jemma Myrberg:

        Vi drar till fjällen. Fest hela kvällen. Ute och glider med snowboard och skidor. Vi drar till fjällen. Fest hela kvällen. Se upp i backen för finska attacken.

        We head off to the mountains [or "We're headin' for the mountains" or something colloquial like that]. Party [noun] all night [the whole evening]. Out sliding with snowboard and skis. We head off to the mountains. Party all night. Watch out on the slopes [the slope] for the Finnish attack.

3. (uncountable) (nearby) ground

   Synonym: (more general) mark

   Hon halkade och föll i backen

   She slipped and fell to the ground [could also be interpreted as "She slipped and fell on the hill/slope," though unlikely here]

   Vasen trillade i backen när de skulle bära in den

   The vase fell to the ground as they were carrying it in

   Tjuren frustade och stampade i backen

   The bull snorted and stomped the ground

5. (obsolete) a hill (elevated landmass)

   Synonyms: kulle, höjd

   över berg och backar

   over mountains and hills [still recognized as an expression]

   galgbacke

   gallows hill [site for execution by hanging, usually on a hill]

6. (obsolete) a burial mound

   Synonym: gravhög

• Sometimes appears in place names in the obsolete (sense 4), often in the plural "backar" (hills), usually meaning hilly terrain.
• See also the usage notes for sluttning.

• backig

• kulle (hill in the sense of elevated landmass)
• mark
• sluttning
• slänt

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