zurückgebliebene

Name: zurückgebliebene, German Word Data
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[t͡suˈʁʏkɡəˌbliːbənə]

/[t͡suˈʁʏkɡəˌbliːbənə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“zurückgebliebene” is uncommon German (frequency #64,910 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,910
frequency rank, German: 37,643
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zurückgeblieben

Key facts for zurückgebliebene
Property	Value
Headword	zurückgebliebene
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[t͡suˈʁʏkɡəˌbliːbənə]
Letters	16
Frequency rank	#64,910
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “zurückgebliebene” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). zurückgebliebene lands here:

#64,910

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zurückgebliebene is uncommon German at frequency #64,910 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [t͡suˈʁʏkɡəˌbliːbənə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zurückgebliebene, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 zurückgebliebene, spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-G-E-B-L-I-E-B-E-N-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zurückgeblieben
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zurückgeblieben
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zurückgeblieben
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zurückgeblieben
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zurückgeblieben
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zurückgeblieben
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zurückgeblieben
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zurückgeblieben
9
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zurückgeblieben

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 "zurückgebliebene"?

"zurückgebliebene" is spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-G-E-B-L-I-E-B-E-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡suˈʁʏkɡəˌbliːbənə].

What does "zurückgebliebene" mean?

As an adjective, "zurückgebliebene" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs zurückgeblieben

How do you pronounce "zurückgebliebene"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zurückgebliebene" is [t͡suˈʁʏkɡəˌbliːbənə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "zurückgebliebene" come from?

"zurückgebliebene" 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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Using “zurückgebliebene”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-G-E-B-L-I-E-B-E-N-E - 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.