Comeback

See also: comeback, come back, come-back, and Come-back

German

Alternative forms

• Come-back (equally official, but not recommended by Duden)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English comeback.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkambɛk/, /kamˈbɛk/

• Audio:

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Noun

Comeback n (strong, genitive Comebacks, plural Comebacks)

1. comeback (return to success or popularity)
   • 2010, Der Spiegel‎^[1], number 47/2010, page 150:

     Die Rückkehr von Take That ist eines der großen Popwunder der letzten Jahre – nichts ist unwahrscheinlicher als das Comeback einer Teenie-Gruppe.

     The return of Take That is one of the great pop-music miracles of the last years – nothing is more unlikely than the comeback of a teen group.

2. (rare) comeback; retort (witty reply)

   Synonyms: schlagfertige Antwort, Erwiderung, Retourkutsche

Declension

Declension of Comeback [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Comeback	die	Comebacks
genitive	eines	des	Comebacks	der	Comebacks
dative	einem	dem	Comeback	den	Comebacks
accusative	ein	das	Comeback	die	Comebacks

Further reading

• Comeback on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Comeback” in Duden online
• “Comeback” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache