zurücklächeln
German, verb
zurücklächeln is a German verb meaning “to smile back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zurücklächeln is a different word: “gerund of zurücklächeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandes Lächeln erwidern”.
What does zurücklächeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to smile back
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zurücklächeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandes Lächeln erwidern
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 zurücklächeln
- lächelt zurück present singular third-person
- lächelte zurück past
- zurückgelächelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zurücklächelnd participle present
- zurückzulächeln infinitive infinitive-zu
- lächle zurück first-person indicative present
- lächele zurück first-person indicative present
- lächel zurück first-person indicative present
- lächeln zurück first-person indicative plural
- lächelst zurück indicative present second-person
- lächelest zurück second-person singular subjunctive
- lächlest zurück second-person singular subjunctive
- lächelet zurück plural second-person subjunctive
- lächlet zurück plural second-person subjunctive
- lächelten zurück first-person indicative plural
- lächeltest zurück indicative preterite second-person
- lächeltet zurück indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is zurücklächeln in German?
zurücklächeln appears about once in every 48 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).