bakom

bak +‎ -om (possessive suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒkom]
• Hyphenation: ba‧kom

bakom

1. first-person singular single-possession possessive of bak

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.kɔm/
• Rhymes: -akɔm
• Syllabification: ba‧kom

bakom m

1. dative plural of bak

bakom f

1. dative plural of baka

bakom (Cyrillic spelling баком)

1. instrumental singular of baka

bak (“back”) +‎ om (“of”)

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bakom (comparative mer bakom, superlative mest bakom)

1. (colloquial) slow (from notion of behind others)

   Synonym: (more common) efter

bakom (not comparable)

1. behind

   Antonym: framför

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bakom

1. behind

   Antonym: framför

   Jag gömde mig bakom ett träd

   I hid behind a tree

   Jag går framför dig, så du går bakom mig

   I'm walking in front of you, so you're walking behind me

   Jag stod bakom Nisse i kön till glassbaren

   I was standing behind Nisse in line at [in the queue to] the ice cream parlor

   Han satt bakom skrivbordet

   He was sitting behind the desk

   "Vid skrivbordet" (at the desk) is more common, like in English.

   Europaparlamentet ställer sig bakom förslaget

   The European Parliament supports the proposal

   (literally, “The European Parliament stands itself behind the proposal [idiomatic – compare "fully behind" and the like]”)

   • 1980, Docent Död, “Solglasögon [Sunglasses]”, in Docent [Docent [associate professor, roughly]]‎^[1]:

     Bakom mina solglasögon kan jag va' [vara] mig själv. Allting blir så vackert genom ... Genom mina solglasögon är ljuset alltid gult. Allting känns så riktigt bakom ...

     Behind my sunglasses, I can be myself. Everything turns so beautiful through ... Through my sunglasses, the light is always yellow. Everything feels so right behind ...

• bak
• efter

• bakom in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bakom in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bakom in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)