zurücktreiben
[t͡suˈʁʏkˌtʁaɪ̯bn̩]
The verdict
“zurücktreiben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas oder jemanden wieder dorthin oder in Richtung des Ortes treiben, wo er/sie/es zuvor war
Corpus desk
Index DE-zurucktreiben · zurücktreiben · German
zurücktreiben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zurücktreiben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t͡suˈʁʏkˌtʁaɪ̯bn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zurücktreiben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zurücktreiben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡suˈʁʏkˌtʁaɪ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zurücktreiben, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is zurücktreiben, spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-T-R-E-I-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas oder jemanden wieder dorthin oder in Richtung des Ortes treiben, wo er/sie/es zuvor war
- 2jemanden kämpfend zur Flucht/zum Rückzug (in eine bestimmte Richtung/an einen bestimmten Ort) veranlassen
- 3(im/auf dem Wasser) wieder dorthin oder in Richtung des Ortes getrieben werden, wo es/man zuvor war
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how zurücktreiben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sieh zu, dass du die Rinder bis Sonnenuntergang in den Stall zurücktreibst.
Mit einem Sturmangriff gelang es ihnen, den Feind hinter die Burgmauern zurückzutreiben.
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.