Back

"Back" in German

Hinterzungen

(phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth)

Rück

(near the rear)

abgelegen

(away from the main area)

alt

(not current)

früher

(not current)

hinterer

(near the rear)

hinterer

(phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth)

veraltet

(not current)

wieder da

(to or in a previous condition or place)

zurück

(to or in a previous condition or place)

Bottich

(cistern)

Ende

(that which is farthest away from the front)

Ende

(the part of something that goes last)

Fond

(that which is farthest away from the front)

Hinterende

(the part of something that goes last)

Hintergrund

(that which is farthest away from the front)

Hinterseite

(that which is farthest away from the front)

Kehrseite

(the reverse side)

Küpe

(cistern)

Pfanne

(cistern)

Rücken

(the rear of body)

Rückenlehne

(the backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back — see also backrest)

Rückseite

(the reverse side)

Verteidiger

(a position behind most players on the team)

Wanne

(cistern)

Würzpfanne

(cistern)

rückdrehen

(of wind: to shift in an anticlockwise direction)

zurücksetzen

(to go in the reverse direction)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.