backbord
German, adverb
backbord is spelled B-A-C-K-B-O-R-D (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 70,098th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Backbord is a German adverb meaning “portside” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Backbord is a different word: “port (the left side of a ship when facing the fore)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf der linken Seite eines Schiffs oder Flugzeugs”.
What does backbord mean in English?
adverb
- 1
portside
noun
- 1
neuterport (the left side of a ship when facing the fore)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die in Fahrtrichtung linke Seite (eines Schiffes oder Luftfahrzeugs)
adverb: 1. auf der linken Seite eines Schiffs oder Flugzeugs
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of backbord
- Backbordes genitive
- Backbords genitive
- Backborde plural
- Backborden dative definite plural
- backbords alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to backbord
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is backbord in German?
backbord appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).