rückwärtig
German, adjective/ˈʁʏkˌvɛʁtɪç/
rückwärtig is spelled R-Ü-C-K-W-Ä-R-T-I-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 159,136th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rückwärtig is a German adjective meaning “rear, back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf der Rückseite von etwas liegend, sich hinten oder hinter etwas befindend”.
What does rückwärtig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rear, back
- 2
rearward, backward (toward the back or rear of something)
Die retrograde Bewegung bezieht sich auf die scheinbar rückwärtige Bewegung eines Planeten.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf der Rückseite von etwas liegend, sich hinten oder hinter etwas befindend
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 rückwärtig
- rückwärtiger masculine nominative singular
- rückwärtige feminine nominative singular
- rückwärtiges neuter nominative singular
- rückwärtigen genitive masculine singular
- rückwärtigem dative masculine singular
- der rückwärtige definite includes-article masculine
- die rückwärtige definite feminine includes-article
- das rückwärtige definite includes-article neuter
- die rückwärtigen definite includes-article nominative
- des rückwärtigen definite genitive includes-article
- der rückwärtigen definite feminine genitive
- dem rückwärtigen dative definite includes-article
- den rückwärtigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rückwärtig?
- /ˈʁʏkˌvɛʁtɪç/
- /ˈʁʏkˌvɛʁtɪk/
- [ˈʁʏkˌvɛʁtɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rückwärtig in German?
rückwärtig appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).