zurückzulassen

[t͡suˈʁʏkt͡suˌlasn̩]

/[t͡suˈʁʏkt͡suˌlasn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“zurückzulassen” is uncommon German (frequency #71,031 among 1,996 “Z” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,031
frequency rank, German
1,996
“Z” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs zurücklassen

Corpus desk

Index DE-zuruckzulassen · zurückzulassen · German

zurückzulassen · rank #71,031 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,031
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH zurückgehenden

Nearest frequency peer: zurückgehenden (-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 „zurückzulassen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for zurückzulassen
PropertyValue
Headwordzurückzulassen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[t͡suˈʁʏkt͡suˌlasn̩]
Letters14
Frequency rank#71,031
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „zurückzulassen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).zurückzulassenfällt 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: „zurückgehenden“ (#71,030), „zurückzuschicken“ (#71,032), „zurechtzukommen“ (#71,029). Unter 1,996 „Z“-Lemmata liegt „zurückzulassen“ bei #71,031. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

zurückzulassen is uncommon German at frequency #71,031 among 1,996 “Z” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t͡suˈʁʏkt͡suˌlasn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs zurücklassen".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zurückzulassen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is zurückzulassen, spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-Z-U-L-A-S-S-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs zurücklassen

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 "zurückzulassen"?
"zurückzulassen" is spelled Z-U-R-Ü-C-K-Z-U-L-A-S-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡suˈʁʏkt͡suˌlasn̩].
What does "zurückzulassen" mean?
As a verb, "zurückzulassen" means: erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs zurücklassen
How do you pronounce "zurückzulassen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zurückzulassen" is [t͡suˈʁʏkt͡suˌlasn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zurückzulassen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list