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tillbaka.

back, in return; (to a previous condition or place)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

adv/tɪlˈbɑːka/
  1. back, in return; (to a previous condition or place)

    not-comparable
    Har du fått tillbaka din plånbok än?
    Han slog mig och jag slog tillbaka.
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish til baka, from til (“to”) + baka, genitive plural of baker (“back”), equivalent to till + baks, according to SAOB online the alternative forms with -s are however not hence this fact, but rather from the genitive singular. Cognate with Icelandic til baka, Danish tilbage, Norwegian Bokmål tilbake and Norwegian Nynorsk tilbake. Compare a similar formation in German zurück and Dutch terug.

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