wegbewegen
[ˈvɛkbəˌveːɡn̩]
The verdict
“wegbewegen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - sich rühren, sich vom eigenen Aufenthaltsort entfernen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wegbewegen · wegbewegen · German
wegbewegen · 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 | wegbewegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvɛkbəˌveːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wegbewegen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wegbewegen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɛkbəˌveːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
wegbewegen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is wegbewegen, spelled W-E-G-B-E-W-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich rühren, sich vom eigenen Aufenthaltsort entfernen
- 2etwas (auch nur ein ein klein wenig) von seinem Aufenthaltsort entfernen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wegbewegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie konnte sich nicht wegbewegen, wie gebannt starrte sie auf die Szene.
Der Zahn hat sich gelockert und etwas aus seiner Originalposition wegbewegt.
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.