auf dem Rücken schwimmen

A1 Phrase frequency rank #2,689

What auf dem Rücken schwimmen means

Phrase

to swim on your back

Forms

Phrase · feste Wendung

Pronunciation

auf dem Rücken schwimmen in a sentence

Nach dem Aufwärmen sollen wir auf dem Rücken schwimmen.

After the warm-up we're supposed to swim on our backs.

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auf dem Rücken schwimmen is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #2,689 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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