Rückweg
German, noun/ˈʁʏkˌveːk/
Rückweg is spelled R-Ü-C-K-W-E-G (7 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written German, the 12,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rückweg is a German masculine noun meaning “way back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Weg, den man gehen muss, um wieder zu seinem Ausgangspunkt zurückzukommen”.
What does Rückweg mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineway back
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der Weg, den man gehen muss, um wieder zu seinem Ausgangspunkt zurückzukommen 2. die Handlung des Zurückkehrens auf dem in [1] beschriebenen Weg
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 Rückweg
- Rückweges genitive
- Rückwegs genitive
- Rückwege plural
- Rückwegen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rückweg?
- /ˈʁʏkˌveːk/
- [ˈʁʏkˌveːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Rückweg in German?
Rückweg appears 4.7 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).