rückwärtige

[ˈʁʏkˌvɛʁtɪɡə]

/[ˈʁʏkˌvɛʁtɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“rückwärtige” is uncommon German (frequency #80,869 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,869
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rückwärtig

Corpus desk

Index DE-ruckwartige · rückwärtige · German

rückwärtige · rank #80,869 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,869
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Réunion

Nearest frequency peer: Réunion (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „rückwärtige“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „rückwärtige“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rückwärtige
PropertyValue
Headwordrückwärtige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʁʏkˌvɛʁtɪɡə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#80,869
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „rückwärtige“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).rückwärtigefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Réunion“ (#80,868), „Rüschen“ (#80,870), „rupfen“ (#80,867). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „rückwärtige“ bei #80,869. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rückwärtige is uncommon German at frequency #80,869 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʁʏkˌvɛʁtɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

rückwärtige has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is rückwärtige, spelled R-Ü-C-K-W-Ä-R-T-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rückwärtig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rückwärtig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rückwärtig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rückwärtig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rückwärtig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rückwärtig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rückwärtig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rückwärtig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rückwärtig

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rückwärtige"?
"rückwärtige" is spelled R-Ü-C-K-W-Ä-R-T-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁʏkˌvɛʁtɪɡə].
What does "rückwärtige" mean?
As an adjective, "rückwärtige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rückwärtig
How do you pronounce "rückwärtige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rückwärtige" is [ˈʁʏkˌvɛʁtɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rückwärtige" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rückwärtige", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Schatzkiste#80,884revidierten#80,850Schlüchtern#80,889respektabel#80,846

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list