behind

behind
be·hind [bɪʼhaɪnd] prep
1) (in back of) hinter +dat with verbs of motion hinter +akk;
the cat was \behind the chair sleeping die Katze lag schlafend hinter dem Sessel;
to fall \behind sb hinter jdn zurückfallen;
his face was hidden \behind the mask sein Gesicht war hinter einer Maske verborgen;
\behind the wheel hinterm Lenkrad [o Steuer];
2) (hidden by) hinter +dat;
the town lay \behind the mountain die Stadt lag hinter dem Berg
3) (as basis for) hinter +dat;
the motivating factor \behind his sudden enthusiasm der ausschlaggebende Faktor für seinen plötzlichen Enthusiasmus;
the idea \behind the whole movement die Idee hinter der ganzen Bewegung
4) (in support of) hinter +dat;
I'm \behind you all the way ich stehe voll hinter dir
5) (as past experience) hinter +dat;
they had half of their exercises \behind them sie hatten die Hälfte der Übungen hinter sich;
to put sth \behind sb etw hinter sich dat lassen;
long \behind weit zurück
6) (responsible for) hinter +dat;
he wondered what was \behind his neighbour's sudden friendliness er fragte sich, was hinter der plötzlichen Freundlichkeit seines Nachbarn steckte
7) (late for) hinter +dat;
to be/get \behind schedule in Verzug sein/geraten
8) (less advanced)
to be \behind sb in sth jdm in etw dat hinterher sein
PHRASES:
\behind sb's back hinter jds Rücken;
to go \behind sb's back jdn hintergehen;
\behind every great man there stands a great woman (there stands a great woman) hinter jedem starken Mann steht eine starke Frau;
\behind the scenes hinter den Kulissen;
to be \behind the times hinter der Zeit zurück[geblieben] sein adv hinten;
we were seated \behind wir saßen hinten;
our house has a garden \behind unser Haus hat hinten einen Garten;
to attack from \behind von hinten [o hinterrücks] angreifen;
to come from \behind wieder zur Spitze aufschließen;
to fall \behind zurückfallen;
to leave sb/sth \behind jdn/etw zurücklassen;
to leave sth \behind (fail to take) etw [versehentlich] stehen/liegen lassen;
(as a sign) etw zurücklassen [o hinterlassen];
to leave \behind a stain/a scar/a trail of destruction einen Fleck/eine Narbe/eine Spur der Verwüstung hinterlassen;
to stay \behind noch dableiben;
to walk \behind [sb] hinter [jdm] hergehen adj
pred
1) (in arrears)
to be \behind with sth the rent mit etw dat im Rückstand [o Verzug] sein
2) (overdue)
to be \behind sb hinter jdm zurückliegen;
to be \behind with one's work mit seiner Arbeit im Rückstand sein
3) (mentally slow)
to be [a long way] \behind [weit] zurück sein;
to be \behind in a subject in einem Fach hinterherhinken n (fam) Hintern m (fam)
why don't you get off your \behind and do something! nun beweg deinen Hintern und tu was! (fam)

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