wegfließen
[ˈvɛkˌfliːsn̩]
The verdict
“wegfließen” 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 vom Anfangsort zu einem anderen Ort bewegen (fließen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-wegflie-en · wegfließen · German
wegfließen · 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 | wegfließen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvɛkˌfliːsn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wegfließen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wegfließen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɛkˌfliːsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich vom Anfangsort zu einem anderen Ort bewegen (fließen)".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wegfließen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is wegfließen, spelled W-E-G-F-L-I-E-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich vom Anfangsort zu einem anderen Ort bewegen (fließen)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wegfließen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die leichte Steigung bewirkt, dass das Wasser nach links wegfließt.
„Und die Kombination aus guten, weißen, gesunden Zähnen und klar konturierten Lippen hat etwas Tolles. Dazu noch eine dunkle Stimme, dann fließe ich weg.“
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.