rückgängig
German, adjective/ˈʁʏkˌɡɛŋɪç/
rückgängig is spelled R-Ü-C-K-G-Ä-N-G-I-G (10 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written German, the 11,619th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rückgängig is a German adjective meaning “retrogressive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weniger werdend, im Rückgang begriffen”.
What does rückgängig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
retrogressive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. weniger werdend, im Rückgang begriffen
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 rückgängig
- rückgängiger masculine nominative singular
- rückgängige feminine nominative singular
- rückgängiges neuter nominative singular
- rückgängigen genitive masculine singular
- rückgängigem dative masculine singular
- der rückgängige definite includes-article masculine
- die rückgängige definite feminine includes-article
- das rückgängige definite includes-article neuter
- die rückgängigen definite includes-article nominative
- des rückgängigen definite genitive includes-article
- der rückgängigen definite feminine genitive
- dem rückgängigen dative definite includes-article
- den rückgängigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rückgängig?
- /ˈʁʏkˌɡɛŋɪç/
- /ˈʁʏkˌɡɛŋɪk/
- [ˈʁʏkˌɡɛŋɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rückgängig in German?
rückgängig appears 5.4 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).