wegdrehen
[ˈvɛkˌdʁeːən]
The verdict
“wegdrehen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Kopf oder ganzen Körper abwenden und woanders hinschauen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wegdrehen · wegdrehen · German
wegdrehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | wegdrehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvɛkˌdʁeːən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wegdrehen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wegdrehen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɛkˌdʁeːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for wegdrehen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is wegdrehen, spelled W-E-G-D-R-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1den Kopf oder ganzen Körper abwenden und woanders hinschauen
- 2etwas so bewegen (drehen), dass es in eine andere Richtung zeigt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wegdrehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aber als ich in der Nacht, in der wir stumm nebeneinandergelegen haben, den Arm auf ihre Hüfte legen wollte, hat sie sich weggedreht.“
„Weiterhin kann es passieren, dass der Solist in Duetten oder Terzetten mit anderen Sängern agiert und sich vom Mikrofon wegdreht.“
Antonyms
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.