Rücklauf
[ˈʁʏklaʊ̯f]
The verdict
“Rücklauf” is uncommon German (frequency #60,967 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,967
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zurücklaufen zum Ausgangspunkt
Corpus desk
Index DE-rucklauf · Rücklauf · German
Rücklauf · rank #60,967 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,967
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH rustikal
Nearest frequency peer: rustikal (-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 „Rücklauf“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- rosin
rosin
39,036 corpus weight
- rustikal
rustikal
39,035 corpus weight
- Rücklauf
Rücklauf
39,034 corpus weight
- Rückschlägen
Rückschlägen
39,033 corpus weight
- Rückstau
Rückstau
39,032 corpus weight
- Rücktritts
Rücktritts
39,031 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Rücklauf“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rücklauf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁʏklaʊ̯f] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #60,967 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Rücklauf“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Rücklauf is uncommon German at frequency #60,967 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁʏklaʊ̯f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Rücklauf, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Rücklauf, spelled R-Ü-C-K-L-A-U-F.
Definition
- 1Zurücklaufen zum Ausgangspunkt
- 2Antwort auf eine Befragung oder Ähnliches
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rücklauf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein halbes Jahr vor seinem WM-Kampf gegen den vermeintlich unschlagbaren Joe Louis reiste er nach New York, und als er nach Deutschland zurückkehrte, hatte er in seinem Gepäck einen Koffer voller Filme von früheren Louis-Kämpfen, die ihm sein Manager unbemerkt besorgt hatte. Schmeling ließ die Filme auf Zeitlupe umkopieren und studierte sie im Vor- und R…
„Statt dessen wird die Wärme des Wassers aus dem Rücklauf des nahe gelegenen Rückkühlwerkes genutzt.“
Antonyms
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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