German verb · CEFR B1
zurückkehren
Meaning in English: to return, to come back
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Nach dem Studium will sie in ihre Heimat zurückkehren.
After her studies she wants to return home.
How common is zurückkehren?
zurückkehren is number 4,568 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 18 times per million words — about once every 57,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,564Zusammenhängeconnections, context
- 4,565Akteurenactors, stakeholders
- 4,566der Umweltschutzenvironmental protection
- 4,567die Wirksamkeiteffectiveness
- 4,568zurückkehrento return, to come back
- 4,569ärztlichemedical, doctor's
- 4,570umgekehrtthe other way round, vice versa
- 4,571nutzbarusable
- 4,572verkündetannounced, proclaimed
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,568
- The most common German verbs#1,148
- German B1 vocabulary#1,486
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.