Verb

zurück|fahren

Translation

driven back, returned (by vehicle), reduced, scaled back

Ich bin mit dem Zug zurückgefahren.

I returned by train.

Die Produktion wurde stark zurückgefahren.

Production was scaled back significantly.

((with sth.)) to return (by vehicle) He returned home by car.

((sth.)) to scale back/reduce (sth.) The company has scaled back investments.

Synonyms: zurückgekehrt (returned), heimgekehrt (returned home); Antonyms: hingefahren (driven there), abgefahren (departed)

Composed of 'zurück' (back) and 'fahren' (to drive, to go by vehicle). Literally means 'driven back'.

Picture driving ('fahren') a car in reverse to go 'zurück' (back). This connects to the ideas of returning or scaling back.