# bakke
## Danish
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bakə/, [ˈb̥ɑɡ̊ə]
* Rhymes: -akə

#### Noun

bakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)
* hill, rise, slope

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bakə/, [ˈb̥ɑɡ̊ə]

#### Noun

bakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)
* tray, salver

##### Inflection
### Etymology 3

From German Backe.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bakə/, [ˈb̥ɑɡ̊ə]

#### Noun

bakke c (singular definite bakken, plural indefinite bakker)
* jaw (of a tool)

##### Inflection
### Etymology 4

From English back.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bakə/, [ˈb̥ɑɡ̊ə]

#### Verb

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

## Dutch
### Verb

bakke
* (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of bakken

### Anagrams

* bekak

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

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.

#### Alternative forms

* bak, bake, balke

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbak(ə)/

#### Noun

bakke (plural bakkes)
* bat (flying mammal)

##### Descendants

* English: bat
* Scots: bat

##### See also

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

##### References

* “bakke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-12.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

bakke
* Alternative form of bak

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse bakki. Doublet of banke.

#### Noun

bakke m (definite singular bakken, indefinite plural bakker, definite plural bakkene)
* a hill or slope
* the ground (surface of the earth)

##### Derived terms

* bakkenivå
* bakkepersonale
* hoppbakke
* skibakke

### Etymology 2

From English back.

#### Verb

bakke (imperative bakk, present tense bakker, passive bakkes, simple past and past participle bakka or bakket, present participle bakkende)
* to back (reverse, support)

### References

* “bakke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* bakki, bakka, bakk (dialectal)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²baçːə/, /²bakːə/

### Noun

bakke m (definite singular bakken, indefinite plural bakkar, definite plural bakkane)
* a hill or slope
    Vegen går opp ein bratt bakke.The road leads up a steep hill.
* 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.

#### Derived terms

* bakkenivå
* bakkepersonale
* hoppbakke
* skibakke

### References

* “bakke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Saterland Frisian
### Etymology

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".

### Verb

bakke
* to stick, cling to
* to attach

#### Related terms

* boake (“to bake”) (possibly)

## West Frisian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbakə/

### Verb

bakke
* to bake

#### Further reading

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