rückführen
[ˈʁʏkˌfyːʁən]
The verdict
“rückführen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an den ursprünglichen Ort zurückbringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ruckfuhren · rückführen · German
rückführen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | rückführen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʁʏkˌfyːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „rückführen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
rückführen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʁʏkˌfyːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "an den ursprünglichen Ort zurückbringen".
rückführen has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is rückführen, spelled R-Ü-C-K-F-Ü-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1an den ursprünglichen Ort zurückbringen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rückführen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Je mehr Abgase rückgeführt werden, desto weniger Stickoxide stößt der Wagen aus – doch umso höher ist der Rußpartikel-Ausstoß.“
„Dennoch entspringt ihre Aufnahme einer ebenso alten Tradition wie die Bundesrepublik, die in der geschichtlichen Erfahrung der Flucht von Juden und Andersdenkenden während der nationalsozialistischen Gewaltherrschaft im sog. Dritten bzw. Großdeutschen Reich sowie der Verantwortung einer Bundesrepublik wurzelt, die über zwölf Mio. infolge des Zweiten Welt…
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