zurückdenken
German, verb/t͡suˈʁʏkˌdɛŋkn̩/
zurückdenken is spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-D-E-N-K-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 75,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zurückdenken is a German verb meaning “to think back, to remember” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich etwas in Erinnerung rufen”.
What does zurückdenken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to think back, to remember
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich etwas in Erinnerung rufen
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 zurückdenken
- denkt zurück present singular third-person
- dachte zurück past
- zurückgedacht participle past
- dächte zurück past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- zurückdenkend participle present
- zurückzudenken infinitive infinitive-zu
- denke zurück first-person indicative present
- denken zurück first-person indicative plural
- denkst zurück indicative present second-person
- denkest zurück second-person singular subjunctive
- denket zurück plural second-person subjunctive
- dachten zurück first-person indicative plural
- dächten zurück first-person formal plural
- dachtest zurück indicative preterite second-person
- dachtet zurück indicative plural preterite
- dächtest zurück formal rare second-person
- dächtet zurück formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zurückdenken?
- /t͡suˈʁʏkˌdɛŋkn̩/
- [t͡suˈʁʏkˌdɛŋkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zurückdenken in German?
zurückdenken appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).