zurückgekehrte

Name: zurückgekehrte, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[t͡suˈʁʏkɡəˌkeːɐ̯tə]

/[t͡suˈʁʏkɡəˌkeːɐ̯tə]/ adj

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

The verdict

“zurückgekehrte” is uncommon German (frequency #89,868 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,868
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 zurückgekehrt

Key facts for zurückgekehrte
Property	Value
Headword	zurückgekehrte
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[t͡suˈʁʏkɡəˌkeːɐ̯tə]
Letters	14
Frequency rank	#89,868
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “zurückgekehrte” 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). zurückgekehrte lands here:

#89,868

#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

zurückgekehrte is uncommon German at frequency #89,868 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [t͡suˈʁʏkɡəˌkeːɐ̯tə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for zurückgekehrte in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is zurückgekehrte, spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-G-E-K-E-H-R-T-E.

Definition

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

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 "zurückgekehrte"?

"zurückgekehrte" is spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-G-E-K-E-H-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡suˈʁʏkɡəˌkeːɐ̯tə].

What does "zurückgekehrte" mean?

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

How do you pronounce "zurückgekehrte"?

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

What language does "zurückgekehrte" come from?

"zurückgekehrte" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Using “zurückgekehrte”

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-K-E-H-R-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [t͡suˈʁʏkɡəˌkeːɐ̯tə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.