Bake

See also: bake

German

Etymology

17th century, from Middle Low German bāke, from Old Frisian bāken, from Proto-West Germanic *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukną. Cognate with Dutch baak, English beacon.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaːkə/
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone: Barke (some speakers)

Noun

Bake f (genitive Bake, plural Baken)

  1. nautical traffic sign or buoy
  2. a kind of road sign(s), used in Germany e.g. at level crossings

Declension
Declension of Bake [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Bake die Baken
genitive einer der Bake der Baken
dative einer der Bake den Baken
accusative eine die Bake die Baken

Hyponyms
  • Absperrbake, Baustellenbake, Funkbake, Leitbake, Verkehrsbake, Warnbake

See also

Yola

Proper noun

Bake

  1. Alternative form of Baak
    • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:
      Anure vrem ee Bake,
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References
  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 130
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