rückblickend
German, adjective/ˈʁʏkˌblɪkənt/
rückblickend is spelled R-Ü-C-K-B-L-I-C-K-E-N-D (12 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written German, the 19,537th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rückblickend is a German adjective meaning “retrospective” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of rückblicken. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in nachträglicher Betrachtung der Vergangenheit”.
What does rückblickend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
retrospective
verb
- 1
present participle of rückblicken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in nachträglicher Betrachtung der 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 rückblickend
- rückblickender masculine nominative singular
- rückblickende feminine nominative singular
- rückblickendes neuter nominative singular
- rückblickenden genitive masculine singular
- rückblickendem dative masculine singular
- der rückblickende definite includes-article masculine
- die rückblickende definite feminine includes-article
- das rückblickende definite includes-article neuter
- die rückblickenden definite includes-article nominative
- des rückblickenden definite genitive includes-article
- der rückblickenden definite feminine genitive
- dem rückblickenden dative definite includes-article
- den rückblickenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rückblickend?
- /ˈʁʏkˌblɪkənt/
- [ˈʁʏkʰˌblɪkn̩tʰ]
- [ˈʁʏkˌblɪkn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rückblickend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rückblickend in German?
rückblickend appears 2.7 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).