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The German word for back is
Rücken





back

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

Rückseite
     n-f. back, reverse side


Heck
     n. stern (of a ship)
     n. tail (of an aeroplane)
     n. back (of a car)
     v. singular imperative of hecken
     v. colloquial of


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!


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


Kehrseite
     n-f. other side, contrary, flipside


Fond
     n. back (of a vehicle)
     n. background
     n. stock (broth)


Hintergrund
     n. background


Hinterseite
     the rear
     back (of a car etc.)


Verteidiger
     n-m. defender (someone who defends something, e.g. a soldier)
     n-m. (sports) back; defender
     n-m. (legal) defense attorney (US), defence counsel (UK), solicitor


hinterer
     adj. back, hind
          Dein Mantel ist in dem hinteren Zimmer. - Your coat is in the back room.


zurücksetzen
     v. to put back
     v. to reset
     v. to reverse (a vehicle)


früher
     adj. former, previous
     adj. earlier
     adv. formerly
     adv. sooner
     adj. comparative of früh


Hinterende
     n. back, rear end (the part of something that goes last)


rückdrehen
     v. (nautical, of wind) to back; to shift in an anticlockwise direction


Rückenlehne
     n-f. backrest


abgelegen
     Participle. past participle of ablegen
     adj. remote (distant or otherwise inaccessible)



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


Buchrücken
     n-m. spine (of a book)


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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