zurückblieb

[t͡suˈʁʏkˌbliːp]

/[t͡suˈʁʏkˌbliːp]/ verb

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The verdict

“zurückblieb” is uncommon German (frequency #96,574 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,574
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückbleiben

Corpus desk

Index DE-zuruckblieb · zurückblieb · German

zurückblieb · rank #96,574 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,574
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zukunftsweise…

Nearest frequency peer: zukunftsweisenden (-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 „zurückblieb“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zurückblieb
PropertyValue
Headwordzurückblieb
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[t͡suˈʁʏkˌbliːp]
Letters11
Frequency rank#96,574
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zurückblieb“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zukunftsweisenden“ (#96,573), „zurückbringt“ (#96,575), „zujubeln“ (#96,572). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zurückblieb“ bei #96,574. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zurückblieb is uncommon German at frequency #96,574 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡suˈʁʏkˌbliːp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for zurückblieb in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is zurückblieb, spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-B-L-I-E-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückbleiben
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückbleiben

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 "zurückblieb"?
"zurückblieb" is spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-B-L-I-E-B. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡suˈʁʏkˌbliːp].
What does "zurückblieb" mean?
As a verb, "zurückblieb" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückbleiben
How do you pronounce "zurückblieb"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zurückblieb" is [t͡suˈʁʏkˌbliːp]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zurückblieb" come from?
"zurückblieb" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

zugutekommt#96,570zugewandert#96,568Überbegriff#96,592zeitgleiche#96,556

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list