rückwirkend
German, adjective/ˈʁʏkˌvɪʁkənt/
rückwirkend is spelled R-Ü-C-K-W-I-R-K-E-N-D (11 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 19,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rückwirkend is a German adjective meaning “retroactive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of rückwirken. The German Wiktionary defines it as “von einem in der Vergangenheit liegenden Zeitpunkt an gültig / in Kraft tretend”.
What does rückwirkend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
retroactive
verb
- 1
present participle of rückwirken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von einem in der Vergangenheit liegenden Zeitpunkt an gültig / in Kraft tretend 2. mit Auswirkungen auf denjenigen/dasjenige, der/das etwas auslöst
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 rückwirkend
- rückwirkender masculine nominative singular
- rückwirkende feminine nominative singular
- rückwirkendes neuter nominative singular
- rückwirkenden genitive masculine singular
- rückwirkendem dative masculine singular
- der rückwirkende definite includes-article masculine
- die rückwirkende definite feminine includes-article
- das rückwirkende definite includes-article neuter
- die rückwirkenden definite includes-article nominative
- des rückwirkenden definite genitive includes-article
- der rückwirkenden definite feminine genitive
- dem rückwirkenden dative definite includes-article
- den rückwirkenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rückwirkend?
- /ˈʁʏkˌvɪʁkənt/
- [ˈʁʏkʰˌvɪʁkʰn̩tʰ]
- [ˈʁʏkˌvɪʁkn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rückwirkend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rückwirkend in German?
rückwirkend appears 2.8 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).