Regress
German, noun/ʁeˈɡʁɛs/
Regress is spelled R-E-G-R-E-S-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Regress is a German masculine noun meaning “regress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Rückgriff des vom Gläubiger belangten Schuldners auf seinen eigenen Schuldner”.
What does Regress mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineregress
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der Rückgriff des vom Gläubiger belangten Schuldners auf seinen eigenen Schuldner 2. der Rückschluss von der Wirkung auf die Ursache
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 Regress
- Regresses genitive
- Regresse plural
- Regressen dative definite plural
- Regreß obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Regress?
- /ʁeˈɡʁɛs/
- [ʁeˈɡʁɛs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Regress in German?
Regress 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).