German Conversation · Level 137
30 words
German word
zurückliegend
Pronunciation
IPA/tsuˈʁʏkˌliːgənt/
Meaning
- adjectiveprevious
Example
Das zurückliegende Treffen wurde abgesagt.
The previous meeting was canceled.
More examples
Das zurückliegende Treffen verlief viel konstruktiver als erwartet.
The previous meeting proceeded much more constructively than expected.
Core concept
A completed event placed on the far side of a time boundary, still connected to the present by the timeline.
Common phrases
das zurückliegende Treffen
the previous meeting
in den zurückliegenden Monaten
in the past few months
im zurückliegenden Quartal
in the previous quarter
Similar words
letzte: Referring to the last or most recent event or period.
vergangen: Describing something that has already passed.
früher: Describing something that happened before the present time.
Definition in German
Bezeichnet etwas, das bereits in der Vergangenheit liegt oder stattgefunden hat.
Word origin
The form zurückliegend is derived from zurückliegen by adding the present-participle ending -end, preserving the verb's spatial idea of lying behind as a temporal idea.
Usage tips
- In phrases such as in den zurückliegenden Jahren, zurückliegenden has the dative plural ending -en after den, so the form changes with its noun phrase.