Rekursion
German, noun[ʁekʊʁˈzi̯oːn]
Rekursion is spelled R-E-K-U-R-S-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rekursion is a German feminine noun meaning “recursion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Definition, die zur Beschreibung des Definitionsgegenstand auf sich selbst verweist”.
What does Rekursion mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerecursion
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Definition, die zur Beschreibung des Definitionsgegenstand auf sich selbst verweist 2. eine Funktion, die sich selbst aufruft 3. Möglichkeit, in sprachlich gefasste Gedanken weitere Gedanken einzufügen
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 Rekursion
- Rekursionen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rekursion?
- [ʁekʊʁˈzi̯oːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rekursion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rekursion in German?
Rekursion appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).