English-German translation for "throwback"

"throwback" German translation

throwback
noun | Substantiv s

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Atavismus, atavistische Form, Rückkehr Zurückwerfen Rückschlag, Rückschritt Rückblende
  • Atavismusmasculine | Maskulinum m
    throwback especially | besondersbesonders biology | BiologieBIOL
    Rückkehrfeminine | Femininum f (zu einer alten Formor | oder od Stufe)
    throwback especially | besondersbesonders biology | BiologieBIOL
    throwback especially | besondersbesonders biology | BiologieBIOL
  • atavistische Form
    throwback especially | besondersbesonders biology | BiologieBIOL
    throwback especially | besondersbesonders biology | BiologieBIOL
examples
  • a throwback to ancestral ideas
    eine Rückkehr zu den Vorstellungen der Vorfahren
    a throwback to ancestral ideas
  • Zurückwerfenneuter | Neutrum n
    throwback throwing back
    throwback throwing back
  • Rückschlagmasculine | Maskulinum m
    throwback setback familiar, informal | umgangssprachlichumg
    throwback setback familiar, informal | umgangssprachlichumg
  • Rückschrittmasculine | Maskulinum m
    throwback retrograde step familiar, informal | umgangssprachlichumg
    throwback retrograde step familiar, informal | umgangssprachlichumg
  • Rückblendefeminine | Femininum f
    throwback film | Film, KinoFILMet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc
    throwback film | Film, KinoFILMet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc

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