# achtern

achtern is a German adverb meaning “abaft”.

## In other languages

- Русский: морск. сзади, за кормой, по корме

## Meanings

1. abaft (in the back of the ship)
2. _Schifffahrt_ abaft; aft; astern; backward; backwards; rearward; rearwards
   - Das Schiff hatte achtern einen beträchtlichen Schaden nach der Kollision.

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