wegbegeben
[ˈvɛkbəˌɡeːbn̩]
The verdict
“wegbegeben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht mehr da, entfernt, sich entfernt habend
Corpus desk
Index DE-wegbegeben · wegbegeben · German
wegbegeben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | wegbegeben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈvɛkbəˌɡeːbn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wegbegeben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wegbegeben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈvɛkbəˌɡeːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht mehr da, entfernt, sich entfernt habend".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for wegbegeben, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is wegbegeben, spelled W-E-G-B-E-G-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1nicht mehr da, entfernt, sich entfernt habend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wegbegeben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sollte der im Jahr 1788 sich von der Universität Wittenberg wegbegebene, nachher sich in Halle einige Zeit aufgehaltene Studiosus juris, Johann Gottfried Jordan aus Bernstadt in der Oberlausitz gebürtig, noch am Leben, […].“ (1803)
„Wir, […] Vicekanzler und Räthe, fügen dem bey dem Gärtner, Falken, auf dem Fürstl. Garten, Antoinettenruh, vor Wolfenbüttel, in Dienst gewesenen, und daraus dimittirten, auch darauf sich aus hiesigen Landen wegbegebenen, Gärtnergesellen.“ (1753)
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.