rückbauen
[ˈʁʏkˌbaʊ̯ən]
The verdict
“rückbauen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine bauliche Maßnahme rückgängig machen; etwas abreißen; wieder den alten Zustand herstellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ruckbauen · rückbauen · German
rückbauen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rückbauen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʁʏkˌbaʊ̯ən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „rückbauen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
rückbauen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʁʏkˌbaʊ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine bauliche Maßnahme rückgängig machen; etwas abreißen; wieder den alten Zustand herstellen".
rückbauen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is rückbauen, spelled R-Ü-C-K-B-A-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine bauliche Maßnahme rückgängig machen; etwas abreißen; wieder den alten Zustand herstellen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rückbauen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Umweltbehörde verfügte, einen früher durch einen Lebensmittelbetrieb genutzten 200 m tiefen Entnahmebrunnen für Trinkwasser rückzubauen.
Unsere Firma kann entwerfen und herstellen sowie instand halten und rückbauen.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.