back and forth

hin und her

Immer wieder in eine Richtung und dann in die entgegengesetzte Richtung.

In einfachem Englisch: Moving repeatedly in one direction and then in the opposite direction.

• The swing moved back and forth.
• He walked back and forth across the room.
• Why are you rocking back and forth?

Synonyme: to and fro, backwards and forwards

Häufige Wendungen: walk back and forth, swing back and forth

hin und her

Immer wieder zwischen verschiedenen Möglichkeiten oder Meinungen wechselnd.

In einfachem Englisch: Repeatedly changing your choice or opinion between different possibilities.

• I keep going back and forth about moving.
• She went back and forth between buying and renting.
• We went back and forth on the date before finally choosing Friday.

So benutzt man es: go back and forth between A and B (I keep going back and forth between the two designs.); go back and forth on something (We went back and forth on whether to sell.)

Synonyme: indecisively

Häufige Wendungen: go back and forth, back and forth between

Hin und Her, Wortwechsel

Ein Gespräch, in dem die Beteiligten einander immer wieder antworten.

In einfachem Englisch: A discussion in which people keep replying to each other.

• There was some back-and-forth about the price.
• After weeks of back-and-forth, they signed the agreement.
• I enjoyed the lively back-and-forth between the speakers.

So benutzt man es: back and forth between people (There was some back-and-forth between the buyer and seller.); back and forth over something (We had a long back-and-forth over the price.)

Synonyme: exchange, discussion, dialogue

Häufige Wendungen: some back and forth, endless back and forth

Hin und Her, Pendelbewegung

Eine wiederholte Bewegung in eine Richtung und zurück zum Ausgangspunkt.

In einfachem Englisch: Repeated movement in one direction and then back to the starting point.

• The back-and-forth of the swing calmed her.
• I watched the steady back-and-forth of the pendulum.
• The boat’s constant back-and-forth made him feel ill.

Synonyme: to-and-fro, oscillation

Häufige Wendungen: constant back and forth, gentle back and forth

hin und her gehend, pendelnd

Beschreibt eine Bewegung, die immer wieder ihre Richtung umkehrt.

In einfachem Englisch: Describing movement that repeatedly changes to the opposite direction.

• The back-and-forth motion made me sleepy.
• Use a gentle back-and-forth movement with the brush.
• The machine produces a steady back-and-forth motion.

Synonyme: to-and-fro, reciprocating

Häufige Wendungen: back and forth movement, back and forth motion

hin und her fahren, schwanken

Sich wiederholt in entgegengesetzte Richtungen bewegen oder ständig zwischen Möglichkeiten wechseln.

In einfachem Englisch: To move repeatedly in opposite directions or keep changing between choices.

• We back and forth over every little decision.
• They back-and-forthed between the two plans for weeks.
• The vans back and forth between the warehouses all day.

So benutzt man es: back and forth between A and B (We back and forth between these options every week.)

Synonyme: shuttle, vacillate

Häufige Wendungen: back and forth between, back and forth endlessly