wegducken
[ˈvɛkˌdʊkn̩]
The verdict
“wegducken” 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) - die eigene Körpergröße verringern (wie ein Boxer), um etwas zu entgehen, was von oben droht
Corpus desk
Index DE-wegducken · wegducken · German
wegducken · 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 | wegducken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvɛkˌdʊkn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wegducken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wegducken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɛkˌdʊkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die eigene Körpergröße verringern (wie ein Boxer), um etwas zu entgehen, was von oben droht".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for wegducken, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is wegducken, spelled W-E-G-D-U-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1die eigene Körpergröße verringern (wie ein Boxer), um etwas zu entgehen, was von oben droht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wegducken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als das Segel hinüberschwang, konnte sie sich gerade noch wegducken, sonst hätte sie den Baum an den Kopf bekommen.
„So hat er gelernt zu schweigen und sich wegzuducken, wobei ihm unklar ist, ob dieses Verhalten aus Klugheit oder Feigheit resultiert.“
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.