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backe.

a hill (portion of a road or other path sloping lengthwise – compare kulle (“hill (elevated landmass)”))

5 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. a hill (portion of a road or other path sloping lengthwise – compare kulle (“hill (elevated landmass)”))

    common-gender
    Det är jobbigt att cykla uppför den branta backen

  2. a slope, an incline (part of the ground that slopes – see also the usage notes for sluttning)

    common-gender
    backen på sidan av kullen

  3. a slope, an incline (part of the ground that slopes – see also the usage notes for sluttning) slopes (idiomatically, sometimes, in the context of ski slopes)

    common-gender
    en dag i backen

  4. (nearby) ground

    common-gender · uncountable
    Hon halkade och föll i backen
    Vasen trillade i backen när de skulle bära in den

  5. a hill (elevated landmass)

    common-gender · obsolete
    över berg och backar
    galgbacke

  6. a burial mound

    common-gender · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse bakki (“bank”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

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