Rückschlagspiel
German, noun/ˈʁʏk.ʃlaːkˌʃpiːl/
Rückschlagspiel is spelled R-Ü-C-K-S-C-H-L-A-G-S-P-I-E-L (15 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written German, the 543,077th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rückschlagspiel is a German neuter noun meaning “any game in which two sides play a ball back and forth over a line (usually a net), e.g. tennis or volleyball” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ballsportart, bei dem das Spielgerät zur gegnerischen Mannschaft zurückgespielt wird”.
What does Rückschlagspiel mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterany game in which two sides play a ball back and forth over a line (usually a net), e.g. tennis or volleyball
- 2
neutersynonym of Returnspiel (“return game”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ballsportart, bei dem das Spielgerät zur gegnerischen Mannschaft zurückgespielt wird
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 Rückschlagspiel
- Rückschlagspiels genitive
- Rückschlagspieles genitive
- Rückschlagspiele plural
- Rückschlagspielen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rückschlagspiel?
- /ˈʁʏk.ʃlaːkˌʃpiːl/
- /-ʃla(ː)x-/
- [ˈʁʏkʃlaːkˌʃpiːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Rückschlagspiel in German?
Rückschlagspiel appears about once in every 76 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).