Swedish adverb · noun

babord

aport, on the left side of a vessel

babord as an adverb

Meaning

aport, on the left side of a vessel

babord as a noun(ett babord)

Meaning

port

In Swedish: vänster sida på en båt (sett från aktern)

Forms

Forms of babord
Singular, indefinite	ett babord
Singular, definite	babordet

babord is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort babord, det stora babordet. Check another noun

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What does babord mean?

Questions

What does babord mean in English?

babord means “aport, on the left side of a vessel”.

Is it en babord or ett babord?

It is ett babord, and “the port” is babordet.

Origin

From bak (“back, behind”) + bord (“bord, side of ship”), i.e.

Nearby common words

babord is number 6,731 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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6,728originell eccentric
6,729värva recruit
6,730duktigt in a skilled, clever, good, hard-working, or diligent manner, very, very much, a lot
6,732midja waist
6,733köpcenter mall
6,734avbruten broken off, discontinued
6,735förskräckligt dreadful, horrifying

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary