Flashback
German, noun/ˈflæʃbæk/
Flashback is spelled F-L-A-S-H-B-A-C-K (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 54,418th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flashback is a German masculine noun meaning “flashback” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wiedererleben von bereits erlebten Gefühlszuständen”.
What does Flashback mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineflashback
Flashbacks zu/an/von X kriegen/bekommen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wiedererleben von bereits erlebten Gefühlszuständen 2. Erzähltechnik, bei der Geschehnisse gezeigt werden, die zeitlich vor den bereits gezeigten liegen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Flashback
- Flashbacks genitive
- Flash-back alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Flashback?
- /ˈflæʃbæk/
- /ˈflɛʃbɛk/
- [ˈflɛʃbɛk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Flashback
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Flashback in German?
Flashback appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).