called txDictionary > zurück verbs
- hat zurückgebildetbildete zurücksee details >
- ist zurückgebliebenblieb zurücksee details >2.
- to stay back
- (VERY common, in context of train platforms. That's what the voice says before the train leaves.)
- hat zurückgebrachtbrachte zurücksee details >1.
- to bring back, to return
- (Only for return in the sense of retuning items. NOT returning by yourself.)
- hat zurückgedrehtdrehte zurücksee details >1.
- to turn back
- (ONLY for actually turning an object, not turning back in context of travel or whatever. Needs a direct object, so if you turn back then you need to use a self reference. )
- hat zurückgefahrenfuhr zurück1.
- to drive back
- (If the focus is about you driving back to get back, then the spoken past is with "sein". If you're chauffeuring, then it's probably "haben".)
Opposite (closest): hinfahrensee details >2.- to reduce
- (For production, consumption and spending. Sounds technical.)
- hat zurückgeführtführte zurück1.
- to guide back
- (In the literal sense.)
see details >2.- to lead back to, to trace back to, to pin on
- ("zurückführen auf + Acc" - in the sense of making something out as a cause or reason.)
- hat zurückgegebengab zurücksee details >1.
- to give back, to return
- (NOT for financial returns.)
- ist zurückgegangenging zurück1.
- to go back
see details >2.- to recede, to decline
- (German has several verbs for that idea. "zurückgehen" is a rather slow decline and it's not used for stuff that fluctuates a lot.)
- hat zurückgegriffengriff zurück1.
- to reach back and grab
- (The very literal meaning. SUPER MEGA rare. Maybe used in a context where you reach back in your car, but there are more idiomatic alternatives. )
see details >2.- to resort to, to fall back on, to draw on
- (There are many possible translations but the core theme is making use of some sort of resource that you had "in reserve". )
- hat zurückgehaltenhielt zurücksee details >1.
- to hold back
- (Also commonly used reflexively in the sense of "show restraint")
- ist zurückgekehrtkehrte zurücksee details >1.
- to return
- (In the context of coming back, NOT giving back. Sounds a bit epic, so for everyday returning "zurückkommen" is more idiomatic.)
- ist zurückgekommenkam zurücksee details >1.
- to come back, to return
- hat zurückgelassenließ zurücksee details >1.
- to leave behind
- (Sounds a bit "epic")
- hat zurückgelegtlegte zurück1.
- put back
- (for an item you took from a shelf for example)
2.- to travel
- (In context of "traversing" distances, not too common in spoken German)
see details >3.- to reserve
- (a store putting an item behind the counter for you, so you can come back the next day and pick it up (maybe you don't have cash or whatever))
- hat zurückgelehntlehnte zurücksee details >1.
- to lean back
- hat zurückgelegenlag zurück1.
- to be in the past
- (Usually used with a time span, not just by itself, like you'd use it in English.)
see details >2.- to be behind
- (In a race.)
- hat zurückgemachtmachte zurücksee details >1.
- to skip back
- (in a video, also "zurückskippen")
- hat zurückgerufenrief zurücksee details >1.
- to call back
- (Works for phone calls but also for calling your dog to heel or companies calling in faulty products)
Opposite (closest): anrufen - hat zurückgesetztsetzte zurücksee details >1.
- to reset, to restore, to set back to
- (Think of reverting something to prior or original setting. Often comes with the preposition "auf".)
- hat zurückgespultspulte zurücksee details >
- ist zurückgetretentrat zurück1.
- to resign, to step back
see details >2.- to kick back
- (Literally... someone kicks you, you kick back.)
- hat zurückverfolgtverfolgte zurücksee details >1.
- to trace back/to retrace
- hat zurückgewiesenwies zurücksee details >1.
- to reject
- (Mainly used for allegations and people. For offers, the better word is "ablehnen")
- hat zurückgezogenzog zurück1.
- to take back, to withdraw, to rescind
- (For offers.)
see details >2.- to retreat, to seclude oneself, to withdraw
- ("sich+Acc zurückziehen (aus)" - works for actual retreats as well as in figurative contexts like stepping back from politics.)
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