Zahlungsrückstand
German, noun/ˈt͡saːlʊŋsˌʁʏkʃtant/
Zahlungsrückstand is spelled Z-A-H-L-U-N-G-S-R-Ü-C-K-S-T-A-N-D (17 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written German, the 326,119th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zahlungsrückstand is a German masculine noun meaning “arrears, payment backlog, outstanding payment (an amount of money that is owed and should have been paid earlier)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “trotz Fälligkeit nicht gezahlter Geldbetrag”.
What does Zahlungsrückstand mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinearrears, payment backlog, outstanding payment (an amount of money that is owed and should have been paid earlier)
Wegen ausstehender Honorare geriet der Mandant tief in den Zahlungsrückstand.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. trotz Fälligkeit nicht gezahlter Geldbetrag
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 Zahlungsrückstand
- Zahlungsrückstands genitive
- Zahlungsrückstande plural
- Zahlungsrückstanden dative definite plural
- Zahlungsrückstände nominative plural
- Zahlungsrückstandes genitive singular
- Zahlungsrückständen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zahlungsrückstand?
- /ˈt͡saːlʊŋsˌʁʏkʃtant/
- [ˈt͡saːlʊŋsˌʁʏkʃtant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zahlungsrückstand
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zahlungsrückstand in German?
Zahlungsrückstand appears about once in every 31 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).