Vokabahn

Verb

zurückschlagen

to hit back, to return the ball

B2 rank #12,033

Meanings

Verb
  1. to hit back, to return the ball
  2. to retaliate

In a sentence

Den harten Aufschlag konnte er kaum zurückschlagen.

He could hardly hit that hard serve back.

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Forms

zurückschlagen · schlägt zurück · schlug zurück · hat zurückgeschlagen · separable

zurückschlagen is B2 German — upper-intermediate vocabulary, ranked #12,033 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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