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Rückenstrecker

German, noun/ˈrʏkənˌʃtrɛkər/

Rückenstrecker is a German masculine noun meaning “erector spinae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Muskeln, die den Rücken strecken”.

What does Rückenstrecker mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineerector spinae

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Muskeln, die den Rücken strecken

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 Rückenstrecker

  • Rückenstreckers genitive
  • Rückenstreckern dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Rückenstrecker?

  • /ˈrʏkənˌʃtrɛkər/
  • [ˈʁʏkŋ̍ˌʃtʁɛkɐ]
  • [ˈʁʏkn̩ˌʃtʁɛkɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Rückenstrecker in German?

Rückenstrecker appears about once in every 49 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).