backe
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noun
- a hillportion of a road or other path sloping lengthwise – compare kulle (“hill (elevated landmass)”)
- a slope
- uncountable(nearby) ground
- obsoletea hillelevated landmass
- obsoletea burial mound
Forms
noun
| indefinite nominative singular | backe |
|---|---|
| genitive indefinite singular | backes |
| definite nominative singular | backen |
| definite genitive singular | backens |
| indefinite nominative plural | backar |
| genitive indefinite plural | backars |
| definite nominative plural | backarna |
| definite genitive plural | backarnas |
Other ways to say it
- gravhöga burial mound
- höjdraised, increased
- kullea hill (elevated landmass – compare backe (“hill (slope)”))
- markground (surface of the Earth (or some other planet, etc.), or the area (immediately) beneath it); land, ground (area of ground)
- nedförsbackea downhill slope
- sluttningan area of sloping ground; a slope, a hillside
- uppförsbackean uphill slope