adverb
back, backwards
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Zurück means 'back' or 'backwards', indicating return or movement toward an origin. It’s a local adverb often used with motion verbs and as a separable prefix in verbs (zurückkommen → kommt zurück). It is uninflected and commonly placed after the verb in main clauses, before in infinitives.
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Die Frau kam zurück, nachdem ihr Anruf beendet war.
The woman came back after her call had ended.
Ich komme gleich zurück.
I'll be right back.
Die Kinder liefen rückwärts, also zurück.
The children walked backwards, that is, back.
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an arrow curving back to its starting point
zurück ~ 'zoo-rick' → imagine Rick going back into the zoo
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Common adverb for movement to a previous place or position.