No. 918 in Finnish
taakse
"Taakse" means "to the back" or "behind" in English.
In a sentence
Hän katsoi taakseen nähdäksensä, kuka oli puhunut.
He looked behind to see who had spoken.
In this sentence, 'taakse' is used adverbially to indicate the direction 'behind' in relation to the subject's perspective.
Autoa peruutettiin hitaasti taaksepäin.
The car was reversed slowly backward.
Here, 'taakse' forms part of the compound 'taaksepäin', which indicates movement in the direction 'backward' or 'to the rear'.
Laitoin kirjan takaisin hyllyn taakse.
I placed the book back behind the shelf.
In this instance, 'taakse' specifies the spatial location 'behind' relative to the object 'shelf' where the book was placed.
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