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to return rückkehren
How to say “to return” in German? “Rückkehren”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “rückkehren” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on to return in German like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

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Tips to remember ‘rückkehren’:
– Think of “Rücken”, which means “back” in German, and “kehren”, which means “to turn”. So you’re turning back, or returning.
– Associate it with “come back” or “return” and imagine physically turning your back to go back to where you came from.

Explanations:
– ‘Rückkehren’ is a separable verb in German, meaning in some tenses or sentence structures, the prefix “rück-” can be separated from “kehren”.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– “Zurückkommen” (to come back)
– “Wiederkehren” (to come again/return)
– “Heimkehren” (to return home)

Conjugations of ‘rückkehren’:
– Infinitive: rückkehren (to return)
– Present Tense:
– ich kehre zurück (I return)
– du kehrst zurück (you return – singular informal)
– er/sie/es kehrt zurück (he/she/it returns)
– wir kehren zurück (we return)
– ihr kehrt zurück (you return – plural informal)
– sie/Sie kehren zurück (they/you return – formal)
– Simple Past Tense (Präteritum):
– ich kehrte zurück
– du kehrtest zurück
– er/sie/es kehrte zurück
– wir kehrten zurück
– ihr kehrtet zurück
– sie/Sie kehrten zurück
– Perfect Tense:
– ich bin zurückgekehrt (I have returned)
– du bist zurückgekehrt (you have returned – singular informal)
– er/sie/es ist zurückgekehrt (he/she/it has returned)
– wir sind zurückgekehrt (we have returned)
– ihr seid zurückgekehrt (you have returned – plural informal)
– sie/Sie sind zurückgekehrt (they/you have returned – formal)
– Future Tense:
– ich werde zurückkehren (I will return)
– du wirst zurückkehren (you will return – singular informal)
– er/sie/es wird zurückkehren (he/she/it will return)
– wir werden zurückkehren (we will return)
– ihr werdet zurückkehren (you will return – plural informal)
– sie/Sie werden zurückkehren (they/you will return – formal)

Examples of sentences using ‘rückkehren’:
– Er kehrt morgen zurück. (He returns tomorrow.)
– Wir sind gestern zurückgekehrt. (We returned yesterday.)
– Wann wirst du zurückkehren? (When will you return?)
– Nach ihrer langen Reise kehrt sie endlich nach Hause zurück. (After her long journey, she is finally returning home.)
– Jedes Jahr kehren die Vögel zu diesem Ort zurück. (Every year, the birds return to this place.)

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