Rückblicken
German, noun[ˈʁʏkˌblɪkn̩]
Rückblicken is spelled R-Ü-C-K-B-L-I-C-K-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 127,251st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rückblicken is a German masculine noun meaning “dative plural of Rückblick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Rückblicken mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Rückblick
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zurückschauen auf die Vergangenheit
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 Rückblicken
- rückblicke present
- rückblickst present
- rückblickt present
- rückblickte past
- rückblicke! imperative singular
- rückblickt! imperative plural
- rückgeblickt participle-2 perfect
- haben auxiliary perfect
- rückgeblickt haben inseparable active infinitive
- rückzublicken inseparable active extended
- rückgeblickt zu haben inseparable active extended
- rückblickend inseparable participle present
- rückblick! inseparable imperative second-person
- habe rückgeblickt! inseparable imperative uncommon
- habt rückgeblickt! inseparable imperative uncommon
- rückblicken Sie! inseparable imperative honorific
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rückblicken?
- [ˈʁʏkˌblɪkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Rückblicken in German?
Rückblicken appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).