Polyglot Dictionary

Rückschlag

/ˈʁʏkˌʃlaːk/

der noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Rückschläge

Meaning

  1. setback

    • Das Projekt erlitt einen Rückschlag.

      The project suffered a setback.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Schlag

Close, figuratively — a setback is often described as "a blow."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

retroceso

retroceso is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "setback."

Portuguese

revés

revés is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "setback."

Practice

1 What does Rückschlag mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das Projekt erlitt einen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Rückschlag?

noun

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