zurückerinnern
German, verb
zurückerinnern is spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-E-R-I-N-N-E-R-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 136,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zurückerinnern is a German verb meaning “to reminisce about, to recall” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zurückerinnern is a different word: “gerund of zurückerinnern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich lange Vergangenes durch Denken daran vergegenwärtigen”.
What does zurückerinnern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to reminisce about, to recall
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zurückerinnern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich lange Vergangenes durch Denken daran vergegenwärtigen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of zurückerinnern
- erinnert zurück present singular third-person
- erinnerte zurück past
- zurückerinnert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zurückerinnernd participle present
- zurückzuerinnern infinitive infinitive-zu
- erinnre zurück first-person indicative present
- erinnere zurück first-person indicative present
- erinner zurück first-person indicative present
- erinnern zurück first-person indicative plural
- erinnerst zurück indicative present second-person
- erinnerest zurück second-person singular subjunctive
- erinnrest zurück second-person singular subjunctive
- erinneret zurück plural second-person subjunctive
- erinnret zurück plural second-person subjunctive
- erinnerten zurück first-person indicative plural
- erinnertest zurück indicative preterite second-person
- erinnertet zurück indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is zurückerinnern in German?
zurückerinnern appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).