Rückgänge

[ˈʁʏkˌɡɛŋə]

/[ˈʁʏkˌɡɛŋə]/ noun

The verdict

“Rückgänge” is uncommon German (frequency #93,514 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,514
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Rückgang

Corpus desk

Index DE-ruckgange · Rückgänge · German

Rückgänge · rank #93,514 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,514
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rücktritte

Nearest frequency peer: Rücktritte (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Rückgänge“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Rückgänge“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Rückgänge
PropertyValue
HeadwordRückgänge
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁʏkˌɡɛŋə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#93,514
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Rückgänge“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Rückgängefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Rücktritte“ (#93,515), „räuspert“ (#93,512), „Rümpfen“ (#93,516). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Rückgänge“ bei #93,514. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Rückgänge is uncommon German at frequency #93,514 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁʏkˌɡɛŋə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Rückgänge in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Rückgänge, spelled R-Ü-C-K-G-Ä-N-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Rückgang
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Rückgang
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Rückgang

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Rückgänge"?
"Rückgänge" is spelled R-Ü-C-K-G-Ä-N-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁʏkˌɡɛŋə].
What does "Rückgänge" mean?
As a noun, "Rückgänge" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Rückgang
How do you pronounce "Rückgänge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rückgänge" is [ˈʁʏkˌɡɛŋə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Rückgänge" come from?
"Rückgänge" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Rückgänge", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list