bak.
container, such as a box, a crate, a tray or a tub
Meaning & usage
container, such as a box, a crate, a tray or a tub
a large amount, lots
Het regent bakken met water.
drinking vessel, usually a cup or mug
the slammer, jail, prison
a vehicle, a car
railway carriage
rubbish bin, trash can, dustbin
a remote control
Where this word comes from
From French bac.
A joke, crack.
Where this word comes from
Derived from bakken in een poets bakken.
The meat of a pig, pork.
A pig.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch *bak, bake, baec (“meat from the back of a pig”), from Old Dutch *bak (“back, rear”), from Proto-Germanic *baką. Cognate with English back, Icelandic bak. Etymologically related to bakboord and achterbaks.
The act of baking (food).
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