zurückerhalten

[t͡suˈʁʏkʔɛɐ̯ˌhaltn̩]

/[t͡suˈʁʏkʔɛɐ̯ˌhaltn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“zurückerhalten” is uncommon German (frequency #69,925 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,925
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas wieder in seinen Besitz bekommen

Corpus desk

Index DE-zuruckerhalten · zurückerhalten · German

zurückerhalten · rank #69,925 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,925
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zugeteilten

Nearest frequency peer: zugeteilten (-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 „zurückerhalten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zurückerhalten
PropertyValue
Headwordzurückerhalten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[t͡suˈʁʏkʔɛɐ̯ˌhaltn̩]
Letters14
Frequency rank#69,925
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zurückerhalten“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).zurückerhaltenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zugeteilten“ (#69,924), „zurückführt“ (#69,926), „zugeschriebenen“ (#69,923). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zurückerhalten“ bei #69,925. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zurückerhalten is uncommon German at frequency #69,925 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡suˈʁʏkʔɛɐ̯ˌhaltn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas wieder in seinen Besitz bekommen".

zurückerhalten doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is zurückerhalten, spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-E-R-H-A-L-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas wieder in seinen Besitz bekommen

Synonyms

zurückbekommen

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 "zurückerhalten"?
"zurückerhalten" is spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-E-R-H-A-L-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡suˈʁʏkʔɛɐ̯ˌhaltn̩].
What does "zurückerhalten" mean?
As a verb, "zurückerhalten" means: etwas wieder in seinen Besitz bekommen
How do you pronounce "zurückerhalten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zurückerhalten" is [t͡suˈʁʏkʔɛɐ̯ˌhaltn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zurückerhalten" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Zuschreibungen#69,930Zeitungsverlag#69,918Winterhalbjahr#69,905Wasserbehälter#69,883

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list