zurück

/tsuˈʁʏk/

adverb A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adv Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. back

    Combines productively with verbs of motion as a separable prefix — zurückkommen (to come back), zurückgehen (to go back).

    • Ich bin gleich zurück.

      I'll be right back.

Practice

1 What does zurück mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ich bin gleich ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches zurück?

See also

adverbcore-vocabulary

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