Backes

== Central Franconian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbakəs/ === Etymology 1 === From contraction of Middle High German bachūs (“baking house”). ==== Noun ==== Backes n (plural Backesse) (chiefly historical) bakehouse, a bakery for self-consumption, operated either privately or corporately ===== Alternative forms ===== Bakes (western Moselle Franconian) === Etymology 2 === Derived from Back (“cheek”), possibly as a pun on etymology 1 above. Cognate with Dutch bakkes, bakhuis (“face”), which compare. The Dutch is not associated with fatness. This sense in Central Franconian was likely reinforced through influence by Baches (“fat and graceless man, glutton”), itself from Latin Bacchus (“god of wine”). Note that Luxembourgish has Bakes (“bakery”) versus Backes (“fat person”), but Bak (not *Back) for “cheek”. ==== Noun ==== Backes m (plural Backesse) (chiefly western dialects) a chubby-faced person, especially a well-fed child == German == === Etymology === From contraction of Backhaus (“bakery”). Compare the Central Franconian word above. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbakəs/ === Proper noun === Backes m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Backes' or (with an article) Backes, plural Backes) a surname