zurückführen

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German

Etymology

zurück- +‎ führen

Pronunciation

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Verb

zurückführen (weak, third-person singular present führt zurück, past tense führte zurück, past participle zurückgeführt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to restore or return
  2. to repatriate
  3. to ascribe, to attribute
    Die Gründe dafür lassen sich auf geografische und historische Faktoren zurückführen.
    The reasons for this can be traced back to geographical and historical factors.
    Das lässt sich vermutlich darauf zurückführen, dass...
    This is probably due to the fact, that...

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