zurückgingen

[t͡suˈʁʏkˌɡɪŋən]

/[t͡suˈʁʏkˌɡɪŋən]/ verb

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The verdict

“zurückgingen” is uncommon German (frequency #78,798 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,798
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückgehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-zuruckgingen · zurückgingen · German

zurückgingen · rank #78,798 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,798
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zurechtkommt

Nearest frequency peer: zurechtkommt (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „zurückgingen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zurückgingen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zurückgingen
PropertyValue
Headwordzurückgingen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[t͡suˈʁʏkˌɡɪŋən]
Letters12
Frequency rank#78,798
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zurückgingen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).zurückgingenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zurechtkommt“ (#78,797), „zurückschauen“ (#78,799), „zugewandte“ (#78,796). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zurückgingen“ bei #78,798. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zurückgingen is uncommon German at frequency #78,798 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡suˈʁʏkˌɡɪŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for zurückgingen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is zurückgingen, spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-G-I-N-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückgehen
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückgehen
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückgehen
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückgehen

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 "zurückgingen"?
"zurückgingen" is spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-G-I-N-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡suˈʁʏkˌɡɪŋən].
What does "zurückgingen" mean?
As a verb, "zurückgingen" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs zurückgehen
How do you pronounce "zurückgingen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zurückgingen" is [t͡suˈʁʏkˌɡɪŋən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zurückgingen" come from?
"zurückgingen" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "zurückgingen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zurechtkommt#78,797Zuckerwasser#78,795zutreffenden#78,804überschreite#78,815

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list