begeben weg
[bəˌɡeːbn̩ ˈvɛk]
The verdict
“begeben weg” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs wegbegeben
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | begeben weg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bəˌɡeːbn̩ ˈvɛk] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “begeben weg” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for begeben weg is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˌɡeːbn̩ ˈvɛk]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for begeben weg in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is begeben weg, spelled B-E-G-E-B-E-N- -W-E-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs wegbegeben
- 21. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs wegbegeben
- 33. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs wegbegeben
- 43. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs wegbegeben
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.
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Using “begeben weg”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-E-G-E-B-E-N- -W-E-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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