zurückzahlen

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German

Etymology

zurück- +‎ zahlen

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  • Hyphenation: zu‧rück‧zah‧len

Verb

zurückzahlen (weak, third-person singular present zahlt zurück, past tense zahlte zurück, past participle zurückgezahlt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (finance or figuratively) to pay back
    • 1879, Georg Muck, Geschichte von Kloster Heilsbronn, C. H. Beck’sche Buchhandlung, page 222:
      Diese Darlehen wurden schon in den nächstfolgenden Jahren wieder zurückgezahlt []
      These loans were already paid back in the following years

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