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rückzahlen

German, verb[ˈʁʏkˌt͡saːln]

rückzahlen is a German verb meaning “to pay back, to repay, to refund” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does rückzahlen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to pay back, to repay, to refund

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of rückzahlen

  • zahlt rück present singular third-person
  • zahlte rück past
  • rückgezahlt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • rückzahlend participle present
  • rückzuzahlen infinitive infinitive-zu
  • zahle rück first-person indicative present
  • zahlen rück first-person indicative plural
  • zahlst rück indicative present second-person
  • zahlest rück second-person singular subjunctive
  • zahlet rück plural second-person subjunctive
  • zahlten rück first-person indicative plural
  • zahltest rück indicative preterite second-person
  • zahltet rück indicative plural preterite

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce rückzahlen?

  • [ˈʁʏkˌt͡saːln]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is rückzahlen in German?

rückzahlen appears about once in every 81 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).