Rückkopplung
[ˈʁʏkˌkɔplʊŋ]
The verdict
“Rückkopplung” is an uncommon German word, ranked #61,887 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #61,887
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Einspeisung eines Teils der Leistung eines Verstärkers zurück an dessen Eingang (Ergebnis: verzerrte Töne)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rückkopplung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁʏkˌkɔplʊŋ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #61,887 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rückkopplung” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Rückkopplung is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʁʏkˌkɔplʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,887 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Rückkopplung in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Rückkopplung, spelled R-Ü-C-K-K-O-P-P-L-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Einspeisung eines Teils der Leistung eines Verstärkers zurück an dessen Eingang (Ergebnis: verzerrte Töne)
- 2Einspeisung eines Teils des Schalls eines Lautsprechers zurück ans Mikrophon (Ergebnis: schrilles Quietschen)
- 3Teil eines Regelkreises, in dem in einem System eine Rückmeldung eines Istzustandes mit einem Sollzustand verglichen wird und es daraufhin zu Anpassungen des Systemzustands kommt: bei Abweichungen pendelt sich das System bei negativen Rückkopplungen um den Sollzustand ein, bei positiven Rückkopplungen führen die zunehmenden Verstärkungen zum Kollabieren das Systems
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “Rückkopplung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-Ü-C-K-K-O-P-P-L-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.