rygg

From Old Norse hryggr (“back, spine, ridge”), from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz. Cognate with Swedish rygg, Icelandic hryggur, English ridge.

• IPA^(key): /ryɡː/

rygg m

1. back

• ryggjerfługa (“back pain”)

From Old Norse hryggr.

rygg m (definite singular ryggen, indefinite plural rygger, definite plural ryggene)

1. (anatomy) back (of a person or animal)
2. (furniture) back (of a chair etc.)
3. (geography) ridge (of a hill or mountain)
4. (meteorology) ridge (of high pressure)
5. spine (of a book)
6. (swimming) backstroke (short form of ryggsvømming)

• rygge

rygg

1. imperative of rygge

• “rygg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /rʏɡː/

From Old Norse hryggr.

rygg m (definite singular ryggen, indefinite plural rygger or ryggar, definite plural ryggene or ryggane)

1. (anatomy) back (of a person or animal)
2. (furniture) back (of a chair etc.)
3. (geography) ridge (of a hill or mountain)
4. spine (of a book)

• rygge, ryggje

rygg

1. imperative of rygge

• “rygg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish rygger, from Old Norse hryggr, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krewk.

• IPA^(key): [rʏɡ]

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rygg c

2. (anatomy) back; the rear of the body; especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine
3. (geography) ridge; the line along which two sloping surfaces meet
4. (military) rear
5. spine; the hinged back of a book
6. (swimming) backstroke

   Synonym: ryggsim

   simma rygg

   swim backstroke

• kroppsdel

• rygg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rygg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rygg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH
• rygg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)