One in Germany, say, brought back spirit (5)
I believe the answer is:
genie
'spirit' is the definition.
(genie is a kind of spirit)
'one in germany say brought back' is the wordplay.
'one in germany' becomes 'ein' (I've seen this in other clues).
'say' becomes 'eg'.
'brought back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'ein'+'eg'='eineg'
'eineg' backwards is 'GENIE'.
(Other definitions for genie that I've seen before include "Obedient spirit of Arabian folklore" , "means of wishfulfilment" , "Arabian goblin with magic powers" , "He came from Aladdin's lamp" , "Arabian goblin, may be in a bottle" .)