Rückhand

[ˈʁʏkˌhant]

/[ˈʁʏkˌhant]/ noun

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The verdict

“Rückhand” is uncommon German (frequency #67,645 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,645
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schlag mit der Rückseite des Schlägers, bei der der Handrücken der Hand, die den Schläger hält, zum Gegner zeigt

Corpus desk

Index DE-ruckhand · Rückhand · German

Rückhand · rank #67,645 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,645
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Räterepublik

Nearest frequency peer: Räterepublik (-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 „Rückhand“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Rückhand
PropertyValue
HeadwordRückhand
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʁʏkˌhant]
Letters8
Frequency rank#67,645
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Rückhand“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Räterepublik“ (#67,644), „Rundflug“ (#67,643), „Sadismus“ (#67,649). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „Rückhand“ bei #67,645. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Rückhand is uncommon German at frequency #67,645 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁʏkˌhant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Rückhand, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Rückhand, spelled R-Ü-C-K-H-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Schlag mit der Rückseite des Schlägers, bei der der Handrücken der Hand, die den Schläger hält, zum Gegner zeigt
  2. 2
    Rückseite des Schlägers

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Rückhand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Meine Rückhand kommt heute überhaupt nicht.
  2. [Stan Wawrinka, Tennisspieler:] „Seine besondere Stärke ist die einhändige Rückhand, die zu den besten der Welt gehört.“

Synonyms

Rückhandseite

Antonyms

Vorhand

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 "Rückhand"?
"Rückhand" is spelled R-Ü-C-K-H-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁʏkˌhant].
What does "Rückhand" mean?
As a noun, "Rückhand" means: Schlag mit der Rückseite des Schlägers, bei der der Handrücken der Hand, die den Schläger hält, zum Gegner zeigt
How do you pronounce "Rückhand"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rückhand" is [ˈʁʏkˌhant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Rückhand" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Rundflug#67,643Sadismus#67,649Reflexen#67,626Schoppen#67,668

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list