Rückstand
German, noun/ˈʁʏkˌʃtant/
Rückstand is spelled R-Ü-C-K-S-T-A-N-D (9 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written German, the 7,736th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rückstand is a German masculine noun meaning “residue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, das bei einem chemischen Prozess zurückbleibt”.
What does Rückstand mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineresidue
- 2
masculinebacklog
- 3
masculinearrears
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas, das bei einem chemischen Prozess zurückbleibt 2. Reste eines Stoffes, der, obwohl unerwünscht, in Nahrungsmitteln zu finden ist 3. der Abstand zu einem Anderen, der einen Vorsprung hat 4. das Zurückbleiben hinter einer Verpflichtung
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 Rückstand
- Rückstandes genitive
- Rückstands genitive
- Rückstände plural
- Rückstande dative singular
- Rückständen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rückstand?
- /ˈʁʏkˌʃtant/
- [ˈʁʏkˌʃtant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rückstand
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rückstand in German?
Rückstand appears 8.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).