zurückschneiden
[t͡suˈʁʏkˌʃnaɪ̯dn̩]
The verdict
“zurückschneiden” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - unerwünschte Triebe oder Äste fachgerecht wegschneiden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zurückschneiden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈʁʏkˌʃnaɪ̯dn̩] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zurückschneiden” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zurückschneiden is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡suˈʁʏkˌʃnaɪ̯dn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unerwünschte Triebe oder Äste fachgerecht wegschneiden".
No misspelling variants are generated for zurückschneiden in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is zurückschneiden, spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-S-C-H-N-E-I-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1unerwünschte Triebe oder Äste fachgerecht wegschneiden
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “zurückschneiden”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-S-C-H-N-E-I-D-E-N - 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.