retrograd
German, adjective/ʁetʁoˈɡʁaːt/
retrograd is spelled R-E-T-R-O-G-R-A-D (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 211,221st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retrograd is a German adjective meaning “retrograde, backward” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zurückreichend, zurückliegend”.
What does retrograd mean in English?
adjective
- 1
retrograde, backward
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zurückreichend, zurückliegend 2. sich entgegen der physiologischen Verlaufsrichtung vollziehend 3. rückläufig, sich in einem rotierenden System entgegen der Hauptrotationsrichtung bewegend, in der entgegengesetzten Richtung wie der Umlauf eines Himmelskörpers 4. mit entgegen dem Uhrzeigersinn laufendem Uhrwerk
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 retrograd
- retrograder masculine nominative singular
- retrograde feminine nominative singular
- retrogrades neuter nominative singular
- retrograden genitive masculine singular
- retrogradem dative masculine singular
- der retrograde definite includes-article masculine
- die retrograde definite feminine includes-article
- das retrograde definite includes-article neuter
- die retrograden definite includes-article nominative
- des retrograden definite genitive includes-article
- der retrograden definite feminine genitive
- dem retrograden dative definite includes-article
- den retrograden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retrograd?
- /ʁetʁoˈɡʁaːt/
- [ʁetʁoˈɡʁaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to retrograd
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retrograd in German?
retrograd appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).