Usage Note
zurück means 'back' and most often acts as a separable prefix glued onto verbs of return: zurückkommen ('to come back'), zurückgeben ('to give back'). In speech it stands alone as a curt 'back!' or in hin und zurück ('there and back', i.e. a return ticket).
Examples
"Wir fahren morgen wieder zurück."
Natural Translation
We're driving back again tomorrow.
Literal Translation
We drive tomorrow again back.
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