The German word for back is
Rücken

Gender
The gender of Rücken is masculine. E.g. der Rücken.German Definition
back | |
Adjektiv: | |
[1] rückseitig | |
[2] hinter | |
[3] abgelegen | |
[4] alt | |
Adverb: | |
[1] zurück | |
[2] vorher | |
[1] Go back to the beginning. | |
Substantiv: | |
[1] Rücken | |
[2] Rückseite | |
[3] Hintergrund | |
[4] Mannschaftsspiel: Verteidiger | |
[1] My back hurts really bad. | |
Mein Rücken schmerzt wirklich übel. | |
Verb: | |
[1] unterstützen | |
[2] unterlegen, hinterlegen | |
[3] zurück bewegen | |
[4] gegen den Uhrzeigersinn drehen | |
[1] to back a proposal | |
[2] to back a foreground | |
[3] to back a car | |
[4] The wind backs. |
Translations for back and their definitions
Heck | ||
n. stern (of a ship) | ||
n. tail (of an aeroplane) | ||
n. back (of a car) | ||
v. singular imperative of hecken | ||
v. colloquial of |
Rücken | ![]() | ||
n-m. (anatomy) back | |||
Mir tut der Rücken weh. - My back hurts. | |||
auf dem Rücken liegend - lying on one's back | |||
n-m. informal ellipsis of Rückenschmerzen, ; back pain, especially chronic back pain | |||
Wer so viel malocht wie sie, kriegt irgendwann halt Rücken. - If you work as extraneously as she does, you’re gonna get back pain eventually. | |||
Rücken haben - to have back pain | |||
n-m. ellipsis of Buchrücken, t=spine of a book | |||
Der Titel eines Buches wird gewöhnlich auf den Rücken gedruckt. - The title of a book is usually printed on the spine. | |||
v. to move, to push | |||
v. to move over |
Rückseite | ||
n-f. back, reverse side |
Hinterseite | ||
back (of a car etc.) | ||
the rear |
Zurück | ||
n. going back (in existential clauses, negated) | ||
Jetzt gab es kein Zurück mehr. - Now there was no going back any more. | ||
adv. back, backward, backwards, to the rear. | ||
interj. stand back! | ||
interj. get back! |
Kehrseite | ||
n-f. other side, contrary, flipside |
rückdrehen | ||
v. (nautical, of wind) to back; to shift in an anticlockwise direction |
Hinterende | ||
n. back, rear end (the part of something that goes last) |
abgelegen | ||
Participle. past participle of ablegen | ||
adj. remote (distant or otherwise inaccessible) |
hinterer | ||
adj. back, hind | ||
Dein Mantel ist in dem hinteren Zimmer. - Your coat is in the back room. |
früher | ||
adj. former, previous | ||
adj. earlier | ||
adv. formerly | ||
adv. sooner | ||
adj. comparative of früh |
Rückenlehne | ||
n-f. backrest |
zurücksetzen | ||
v. to put back | ||
v. to reset | ||
v. to reverse (a vehicle) |
Buchrücken | ||
n-m. spine (of a book) |
Alt | ||
n. alto (musical voice; person or instrument that performs the alto part) | ||
n. (clipping of Altbier); a type of beer originating from the Rhineland region in Germany. | ||
adj. old | ||
Wie alt bist du? - How old are you? | ||
adj. ancient | ||
adj. elderly (inflected in the comparative) | ||
ältere Menschen - the elderly |
veraltet | ||
Participle. past participle of veralten | ||
adj. antiquated | ||
adj. (linguistics) archaic; obsolete | ||
adj. corny | ||
adj. dated | ||
adj. deprecated | ||
adj. legacy | ||
adj. outdated, out-dated; out of date, out-of-date | ||
adj. outmoded | ||
adj. out of use | ||
adj. out-of-vogue | ||
adj. timeworn |
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