zurückliegen

== German == === Etymology === zurück- +‎ liegen === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [t͡suˈʁʏkˌliːɡn̩] Hyphenation: zu‧rück‧lie‧gen === Verb === zurückliegen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present liegt zurück, past tense lag zurück, past participle zurückgelegen, past subjunctive läge zurück, auxiliary haben or sein) to trail, to lag behind to have taken place (in the past) ==== Usage notes ==== Only the auxiliary haben is used in northern and central Germany. In southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, sein is common in the vernacular and also, alternatively, in standard usage. ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “zurückliegen” in Duden online “zurückliegen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)