zurückgibt
[t͡suˈʁʏkˌɡiːpt]
The verdict
“zurückgibt” is uncommon German (frequency #60,287 among 37,643 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,287
- frequency rank, German
- 37,643
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückgeben
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zurückgibt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈʁʏkˌɡiːpt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,287 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zurückgibt” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zurückgibt is uncommon German at frequency #60,287 among 37,643 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡suˈʁʏkˌɡiːpt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückgeben".
No generated misspelling entries exist for zurückgibt in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 zurückgibt, spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-G-I-B-T.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückgeben
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 “zurückgibt”
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-I-B-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t͡suˈʁʏkˌɡiːpt] (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.