zurückspringen
German, verb[t͡suˈʁʏkˌʃpʁɪŋən]
zurückspringen is spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-S-P-R-I-N-G-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 159,136th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zurückspringen is a German verb meaning “to jump back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dahin springen, wo man vorher war”.
What does zurückspringen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to jump back
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dahin springen, wo man vorher war 2. (schnell) einen Sprung rückwärts machen 3. sich plötzlich ein Stück zurückbewegen 4. von etwas abprallen (und wieder an einen bestimmten Ort gelangen)
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 zurückspringen
- springt zurück present singular third-person
- sprang zurück past
- zurückgesprungen participle past
- spränge zurück past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 3 strong
- zurückspringend participle present
- zurückzuspringen infinitive infinitive-zu
- springe zurück first-person indicative present
- springen zurück first-person indicative plural
- springst zurück indicative present second-person
- springest zurück second-person singular subjunctive
- springet zurück plural second-person subjunctive
- sprangen zurück first-person indicative plural
- sprängen zurück first-person formal plural
- sprangst zurück indicative preterite second-person
- sprangt zurück indicative plural preterite
- sprängest zurück formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zurückspringen?
- [t͡suˈʁʏkˌʃpʁɪŋən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zurückspringen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zurückspringen in German?
zurückspringen appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).