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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
Noun
Bake f (genitive Bake, plural Baken)
- nautical traffic sign or buoy
- a kind of road sign(s), used in Germany e.g. at level crossings
Declension
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See also
Yola
Proper noun
Bake
- Alternative form of Baak
1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR, page 18:
1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR, page 18:
1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX, page 130:
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 18