Rückblende
[ˈʁʏkˌblɛndə]
The verdict
“Rückblende” is uncommon German (frequency #54,040 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,040
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Einschub einer Beschreibung/Darstellung vergangener Ereignisse
Corpus desk
Index DE-ruckblende · Rückblende · German
Rückblende · rank #54,040 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,040
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH rötliche
Nearest frequency peer: rötliche (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Rückblende“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ruhezeit
Ruhezeit
45,964 corpus weight
- ruhigem
ruhigem
45,963 corpus weight
- rötliche
rötliche
45,962 corpus weight
- Rückblende
Rückblende
45,961 corpus weight
- Rückeroberu…
Rückeroberung
45,960 corpus weight
- rücksichtsl…
rücksichtslosen
45,959 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Rückblende“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rückblende |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁʏkˌblɛndə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,040 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rückblende“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rückblende is uncommon German at frequency #54,040 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁʏkˌblɛndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Einschub einer Beschreibung/Darstellung vergangener Ereignisse".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Rückblende in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Rückblende, spelled R-Ü-C-K-B-L-E-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Einschub einer Beschreibung/Darstellung vergangener Ereignisse
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rückblende appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In Rückblenden erfahren wir vom Schicksal des Helden, der es zu Hause, beim spießbürgerlichen Vater vor allem, nicht mehr aushielt und hinauszog in die Welt.“
„Krankenhausszenen, die Vivian auf ihren nackten und verletzlichen Körper reduzieren, wechseln mit Rückblenden auf ihre Zeit als Studentin der englischen Literatur ab, als sie den Esprit von Dichtern des 17. Jahrhunderts entdeckte.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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