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

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What does bakåt mean?

bakåt in a sentence

man kan inte resa bakåt i tiden
you 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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2,690emellan between
2,691rekommendera recommend, register

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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