Rückstau
German, noun/ˈʁʏkˌʃtaʊ̯/
Rückstau is spelled R-Ü-C-K-S-T-A-U (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rückstau is a German masculine noun meaning “backlog, tailback” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Rückfluss verursachende Stauung”.
What does Rückstau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebacklog, tailback
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. einen Rückfluss verursachende Stauung 2. stockender Verkehr, wodurch sich eine Schlange von Fahrzeugen bildet
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 Rückstau
- Rückstaus genitive
- Rückstaue nominative plural
- Rückstaues genitive singular
- Rückstauen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rückstau?
- /ˈʁʏkˌʃtaʊ̯/
- [ˈʁʏkˌʃtaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rückstau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rückstau in German?
Rückstau appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).