Swedish adverb· top 5,000 most common
bakåt
back (as a direction), backwards, in reverse, towards the rear
Meaning
back (as a direction), backwards, in reverse, towards the rear
Practise bakåt
1 / 1What does bakåt mean?
bakåt in a sentence
- man kan inte resa bakåt i tidenyou can not travel back in time
Questions
What does bakåt mean in English?
bakåt means “back (as a direction), backwards, in reverse, towards the rear”.
Origin
bak + åt.
Nearby common words
bakåt is number 2,687 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary

