viele Jahre zurückliegen

to be many years behind

Türkçe: yıllarca geride kalmak

Noun

Jahre Pl.

Verb

zurückliegen

Topic

Zeit und Ablauf

In a sentence

Der Skandal um den Politiker liegt schon viele Jahre zurück.

How it is used

Means 'to be many years behind' or 'to date back many years.' Neutral register. Use when someone's skills are outdated or an event happened long ago. Common mistake: confusing with 'zurückliegen' (to lie behind).

Other verbs that go with Jahre

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• in die Jahre kommento be getting on in years

All collocations with Jahre