zurückfordern
[t͡suˈʁʏkˌfɔʁdɐn]
The verdict
“zurückfordern” is an uncommon German word, ranked #61,222 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #61,222
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - von jemandem die Rückgabe von etwas verlangen, das einem gehört
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zurückfordern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈʁʏkˌfɔʁdɐn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #61,222 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zurückfordern” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for zurückfordern is 13 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡suˈʁʏkˌfɔʁdɐn]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,222 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "von jemandem die Rückgabe von etwas verlangen, das einem gehört".
zurückfordern has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is zurückfordern, spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-F-O-R-D-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1von jemandem die Rückgabe von etwas verlangen, das einem gehört
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “zurückfordern”
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-O-R-D-E-R-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.