Back

"Back" in Finnish

syrjä

(away from the main area)

syrjäinen

(away from the main area)

taka

(near the rear)

taka

(phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth)

takainen

(phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth)

vanha

(not current)

estäen

(in a manner that impedes)

hilliten

(in a manner that impedes)

kauemmas

(away from the front or from an edge)

kiinni

(in a manner that impedes)

pidätellen

(in a manner that impedes)

pois

(away from the front or from an edge)

poispäin

(away from the front or from an edge)

takaisin

(to or in a previous condition or place)

kääntöpuoli

(the reverse side)

nurja puoli

(the reverse side)

pakki

(a position behind most players on the team)

perukka

(that which is farthest away from the front)

perä

(that which is farthest away from the front)

perä

(the part of something that goes last)

peräpää

(the part of something that goes last)

puolustaja

(a position behind most players on the team)

selkä

(the rear of body)

selkänoja

(the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest)

säiliö

(cistern)

taka

(the reverse side)

takaosa

(the part of something that goes last)

takapuoli

(the reverse side)

pakata

(of wind: to shift in an anticlockwise direction)

peruuttaa

(to go in the reverse direction)

tukea

(to support)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.