Wegelagerer
German, noun[ˈveːɡəˌlaːɡəʁɐ]
Wegelagerer is spelled W-E-G-E-L-A-G-E-R-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 113,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wegelagerer is a German masculine noun meaning “highwayman, waylayer, mugger, footpad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die einer anderen Person am Wegesrand auflauert und dieser rechtswidrig und unter Androhung oder auch…”.
What does Wegelagerer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehighwayman, waylayer, mugger, footpad
- 2
derogatorymasculinesomeone who waits along a street for purposes other than robbery, e.g. a beggar or paparazzo
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die einer anderen Person am Wegesrand auflauert und dieser rechtswidrig und unter Androhung oder auch Anwendung von Gewalt etwas wegnimmt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Wegelagerer
- Wegelagerers genitive
- Wegelagerin feminine
- Wegelagerern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wegelagerer?
- [ˈveːɡəˌlaːɡəʁɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wegelagerer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wegelagerer in German?
Wegelagerer appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).