zurückfliegen
[t͡suˈʁʏkˌfliːɡn̩]
The verdict
“zurückfliegen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sich in/mit einem Flugzeug wieder dorthin begeben, wo man zuvor war, hergekommen ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zurückfliegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈʁʏkˌfliːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zurückfliegen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zurückfliegen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡suˈʁʏkˌfliːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for zurückfliegen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is zurückfliegen, spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-F-L-I-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich in/mit einem Flugzeug wieder dorthin begeben, wo man zuvor war, hergekommen ist
- 2sich (schnell) durch die Luft fliegend wieder an oder in Richtung seines Ausgangspunktes bewegen; nach hinten fliegen
- 3jemanden in/mit einem Flugzeug wieder dorthin befördern, wo er/sie zuvor war, hergekommen ist
- 4ein Fluggerät durch Fliegen damit wieder dorthin befördern, wo es zuvor war, hergekommen ist
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “zurückfliegen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-F-L-I-E-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.