zurückschreiben
German, verb
zurückschreiben is spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 159,136th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zurückschreiben is a German verb meaning “to write back (data)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zurückschreiben is a different word: “writeback”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf eine Nachricht reagieren, indem dem Absender geantwortet wird”.
What does zurückschreiben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to write back (data)
noun
- 1
neuterwriteback
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. auf eine Nachricht reagieren, indem dem Absender geantwortet wird
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of zurückschreiben
- Zurückschreibens genitive
- schreibt zurück present singular third-person
- schrieb zurück past
- zurückgeschrieben participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- zurückschreibend participle present
- zurückzuschreiben infinitive infinitive-zu
- schreibe zurück first-person indicative present
- schreiben zurück first-person indicative plural
- schreibst zurück indicative present second-person
- schreibest zurück second-person singular subjunctive
- schreibet zurück plural second-person subjunctive
- schrieben zurück first-person indicative plural
- schriebe zurück first-person formal rare
- schriebst zurück indicative preterite second-person
- schriebt zurück indicative plural preterite
- schriebest zurück formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is zurückschreiben in German?
zurückschreiben appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).