wegblicken
[ˈvɛkˌblɪkn̩]
The verdict
“wegblicken” 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) - seine Augen (den Blick) auf etwas anderes richten, den Blick abwenden
Corpus desk
Index DE-wegblicken · wegblicken · German
wegblicken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | wegblicken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvɛkˌblɪkn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wegblicken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wegblicken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɛkˌblɪkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "seine Augen (den Blick) auf etwas anderes richten, den Blick abwenden".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for wegblicken, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 wegblicken, spelled W-E-G-B-L-I-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1seine Augen (den Blick) auf etwas anderes richten, den Blick abwenden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wegblicken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein schwermütiger Kummer hüllte meine Seele ein, und ich konnte nicht wegblicken von dem kleinen Geschwisterpaar.“
„Der Ausdruck in seinem Gesicht war so weich, so liebevoll, so zärtlich, dass Darcie wegblicken musste.“
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.