bakke

Inherited from Old Danish bakkæ, from Old Norse bakki (“bank; ridge”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô (“bank, embankment; a hill”). Akin to English bank.

• IPA^(key): /bakə/, [ˈb̥ɑɡ̊ə]
• Rhymes: -akə

bakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)

1. hill, rise, slope

From Middle Low German bak, back or Middle Dutch bak, from Medieval Latin bacca (“basin, bowl”).

• IPA^(key): /bakə/, [ˈb̥ɑɡ̊ə]

bakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)

1. tray, salver

From German Backe.

• IPA^(key): /bakə/, [ˈb̥ɑɡ̊ə]

bakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)

1. jaw (of a tool)

From English back.

• IPA^(key): /bakə/, [ˈb̥ɑɡ̊ə]

bakke (imperative bak, infinitive at bakke, present tense bakker, past tense bakkede, perfect tense har bakket)

1. to back

bakke

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of bakken

• bekak

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.

• bak, bake, balke

• IPA^(key): /ˈbak(ə)/

bakke (plural bakkes)

2. bat (flying mammal)

• English: bat
• Scots: bat

• English: wake, watch
• German: Wache (“watch”)
• Old High German: wahta (“watch, vigil”)
• Old Norse: vaka (“watch, vigil”)

• “bakke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 September 2018.

bakke

1. alternative form of bak

From Old Norse bakki. Doublet of banke.

bakke m (definite singular bakken, indefinite plural bakker, definite plural bakkene)

1. a hill or slope
2. the ground (surface of the earth)

• bakkenivå
• bakkepersonale
• hoppbakke
• skibakke

From English back.

bakke (imperative bakk, present tense bakker, passive bakkes, simple past and past participle bakka or bakket, present participle bakkende)

1. to back (reverse, support)

• “bakke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• bakki, bakka, bakk (dialectal)

From Old Norse bakki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô. Akin to English bank.

• IPA^(key): /²baçːə/, /²bakːə/

bakke m (definite singular bakken, indefinite plural bakkar, definite plural bakkane)

1. a hill or slope

   Vegen går opp ein bratt bakke.

   The road leads up a steep hill.

2. 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.

• bakkenivå
• bakkepersonale
• hoppbakke
• skibakke

• “bakke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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".

bakke

1. to stick, cling to
2. to attach

• boake (“to bake”) (possibly)

From Old Frisian baka, from Proto-West Germanic *bakan, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbakə/

bakke

1. to bake

• “bakke”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011