en rygg

rygg in a sentence

• räta på ryggen
  straighten one's back
• han gömde sig bakom ryggen på andra
  he hid behind other people's backs
• svag rygg
  weak back
• simma rygg
  swim backstroke

Expressions

• hålla någon om ryggen
  back someone up, watch someone's back
• vända någon ryggen
  turn one's back on someone
• gå bakom ryggen på någon
  go behind someone's back

Words built with rygg

• ryggfena dorsal fin
• ryggskada back injury
• ryggkota vertebra
• stolsrygg chair back
• bokrygg spine of a book

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Origin

From Old Swedish rygger, from Old Norse hryggr, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krewk.

Nearby common words

rygg is number 1,278 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 1,274guld gold
• 1,275farfar a father's father; a paternal grandfather
• 1,276jämt always
• 1,277slappna loosen, slacken
• 1,279slänga throw, toss
• 1,280prov trial, test, experiment, examination
• 1,281present present
• 1,282mormor a maternal grandmother