Rücktritt

German

Etymology

From rück- (“back-”) +‎ Tritt (“step”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʁʏkˌtʁɪt/, [ˈʁʏkʰˌtʁɪtʰ]
Hyphenation: Rück‧tritt
Audio (file)

Noun

Rücktritt m (strong, genitive Rücktrittes or Rücktritts, plural Rücktritte)

resignation, demission (from an office)
rescission, cancelation (from a contract)
(cycling) Short for Rücktrittbremse (“back pedal brake”).

Declension

Declension of Rücktritt [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rücktritt	die	Rücktritte
genitive	eines	des	Rücktrittes, Rücktritts	der	Rücktritte
dative	einem	dem	Rücktritt, Rücktritte¹	den	Rücktritten
accusative	einen	den	Rücktritt	die	Rücktritte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Related terms

zurücktreten

Further reading

“Rücktritt” in Duden online
“Rücktritt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Rücktritt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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