zurückliegen
[t͡suˈʁʏkˌliːɡn̩]
The verdict
“zurückliegen” is uncommon German (frequency #68,925 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,925
- frequency rank, German
- 1,996
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Vergangenheit stattgefunden haben, vergangen sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-zuruckliegen · zurückliegen · German
zurückliegen · rank #68,925 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,925
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,996
- PHOTO-FINISH zurückreichen
Nearest frequency peer: zurückreichen (+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 „zurückliegen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zugeworfen
zugeworfen
31,080 corpus weight
- Zugpferd
Zugpferd
31,079 corpus weight
- zurückliegen
zurückliegen
31,076 corpus weight
- zurückreich…
zurückreichen
31,075 corpus weight
- Zusammenset…
Zusammensetzungen
31,074 corpus weight
- zusichern
zusichern
31,073 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „zurückliegen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zurückliegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈʁʏkˌliːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #68,925 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zurückliegen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zurückliegen is uncommon German at frequency #68,925 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡suˈʁʏkˌliːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for zurückliegen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is zurückliegen, spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-L-I-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1in der Vergangenheit stattgefunden haben, vergangen sein
- 2im Rückstand sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zurückliegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Eozän liegt schon lange zurück.
Er liegt nur um fünf Hundertstel zurück, das kann er noch aufholen!
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).