zurückschicken

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German

Etymology

zurück- +‎ schicken

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  • Hyphenation: zu‧rück‧schi‧cken

Verb

zurückschicken (weak, third-person singular present schickt zurück, past tense schickte zurück, past participle zurückgeschickt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to send back, to return
    • 1922, Franz Kafka, Das Schloß, Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 114:
      „Aber wie ist das möglich,“ rief K. „ich habe doch diese endlose Reise nicht gemacht, um jetzt wieder zurückgeschickt zu werden.“
      "But how come," K. shouted, "I haven't done this endless journey only to be sent back again now."

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