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zurückkommen

to come back to; to return to (a point)

verb tsu-RYUEK-ko-men Rare
Communication Expressions

Also means

to revert to

Usage Note

Zurückkommen (auf + Akkusativ) is used to revisit a topic: Ich komme später auf diesen Punkt zurück ('I'll come back to this point later'). It is an essential discourse management phrase in presentations, interviews, and academic talk. It signals that something is deferred, not dropped.

Examples

"Ich komme am Ende meines Vortrags auf diese Frage zurück."

Natural Translation

I will come back to this question at the end of my talk.

Literal Translation

I come at the end of my talk on this question back.

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