backe

== German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === backe inflection of backen: first-person singular present first/third-person singular subjunctive I singular imperative == Limburgish == === Alternative forms === bakke (Veldeke spelling, Eupen spelling) bake̩ (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling) === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *bakan, from Proto-Germanic *bakaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈba.kə/, [ˈbɑ.kə] Homophone: Backe Rhymes: -akə === Verb === backe (third-person singular present backt or bäckt, preterite bok or backde, subjunctive bök or bäckde, past participle gebacke, auxiliary han) (German-based spelling) (ergative) to bake; to roast (ergative, colloquial) to fry (ergative, chiefly pottery) to fire (intransitive) to stick together; to cake (transitive) to stick (something to something else) (intransitive, figuratively) to bake, to fry; to be affected by heat ==== Derived terms ==== == Middle English == === Noun === backe alternative form of bak (“back”) == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === Compare German backen, Dutch bakken, English bake. === Verb === backe to bake == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse bakki (“bank”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô. === Pronunciation === === Noun === backe c a hill (portion of a road or other path sloping lengthwise – compare kulle (“hill (elevated landmass)”)) Synonyms: (downhill slope) nedförsbacke, (uphill slope) uppförsbacke a slope, an incline (part of the ground that slopes – see also the usage notes for sluttning) Synonym: sluttning slopes (idiomatically, sometimes, in the context of ski slopes) (uncountable) (nearby) ground Synonym: (more general) mark (obsolete) a hill (elevated landmass) Synonyms: kulle, höjd (obsolete) a burial mound Synonym: gravhög ==== Usage notes ==== 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. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== backig ==== See also ==== kulle (hill in the sense of elevated landmass) mark sluttning slänt === References === backe in Svensk ordbok (SO) backe in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) backe in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)