en backe

backe in a sentence

• Det är jobbigt att cykla uppför den branta backen
  It's strenuous to ride (a bike) up the steep hill
• backen på sidan av kullen
  the slope on the side of the hill
• en dag i backen
  a day on the slopes
• Hon halkade och föll i backen
  She slipped and fell to the ground [could also be interpreted as "She slipped and fell on the hill/slope, " though unlikely here]
• Vasen trillade i backen när de skulle bära in den
  The vase fell to the ground as they were carrying it in
• Tjuren frustade och stampade i backen
  The bull snorted and stomped the ground
• över berg och backar
  over mountains and hills [still recognized as an expression]
• galgbacke
  gallows hill [site for execution by hanging, usually on a hill]

Words built with backe

• backhoppning ski jumping
• slalombacke slalom slope
• hoppbacke ski jump, jumping hill
• skogsbacke wooded slope (hillside)
• uppförsbacke uphill slope

Questions

Similar words

lutning

Origin

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

Nearby common words

backe is number 4,480 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 4,476eskortera to escort (accompany as a safeguard), to escort (lead)
• 4,477försegla seal
• 4,478hysa put up, accommodate
• 4,479trakt parts, region
• 4,481gapa open one's mouth (wide), bawl
• 4,482amatör amateur
• 4,483ersättare substitute
• 4,484kulle hill