Ruck
German, noun
Ruck is spelled R-U-C-K (4 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 15,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ruck is a German masculine noun meaning “jerk, jolt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, rück is a different word: “singular imperative of rücken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Versetzen verursachender abrupter Impuls”.
What does Ruck mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejerk, jolt
- 2
masculinejerk (change in acceleration)
prefix
- 1
back; indicates a reversing or inverse of an action
- 2
back, rear
verb
- 1
singular imperative of rücken
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of rücken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Versetzen verursachender abrupter Impuls 2. ein Sichzusammennehmen oder Aufraffen 3. plötzlicher Wechsel der politischen Richtung
prefix: 1. Kurzform zu zurück, verwendet als Bestimmungswort in Komposita
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 Ruck
- Ruckes genitive
- Rucks genitive
- Rucke plural
- Rucken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Ruck
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ruck in German?
Ruck appears 3.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).