Rückgang
German, noun/ˈʁʏkˌɡaŋ/
Rückgang is spelled R-Ü-C-K-G-A-N-G (8 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written German, the 7,736th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rückgang is a German masculine noun meaning “decline, diminution” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Kleinerwerden oder Geringerwerden von etwas, Verringerung, Abnahme”.
What does Rückgang mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedecline, diminution
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Kleinerwerden oder Geringerwerden von etwas, Verringerung, Abnahme
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 Rückgang
- Rückganges genitive
- Rückgangs genitive
- Rückgänge plural
- Rückgange dative singular
- Rückgängen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rückgang?
- /ˈʁʏkˌɡaŋ/
- [ˈʁʏkaŋ]
- [ˈʁʏkˌɡaŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rückgang
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rückgang in German?
Rückgang appears 8.9 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).