rücklaufend
[ˈʁʏkˌlaʊ̯fn̩t]
The verdict
“rücklaufend” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rückwärts im Gange seiend
Corpus desk
Index DE-rucklaufend · rücklaufend · German
rücklaufend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rücklaufend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʁʏkˌlaʊ̯fn̩t] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „rücklaufend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
rücklaufend is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʁʏkˌlaʊ̯fn̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "rückwärts im Gange seiend".
No generated misspelling entries exist for rücklaufend in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 rücklaufend, spelled R-Ü-C-K-L-A-U-F-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1rückwärts im Gange seiend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rücklaufend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um leicht festzustellen, wieviel Gäste noch eingelassen werden können, werden rücklaufend nummerierte Eintrittskarten verwendet.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.