weggehen
German, verb
weggehen is spelled W-E-G-G-E-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written German, the 19,537th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weggehen is a German verb meaning “to go away, leave, scram” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Weggehen is a different word: “gerund of weggehen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich entfernen; einen Ort verlassen”.
What does weggehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to go away, leave, scram
weggehen wie warme Semmeln
noun
- 1
neutergerund of weggehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich entfernen; einen Ort verlassen 2. verschwinden, beseitigt werden können; geheilt werden, verschwinden 3. ausgehen, ein Lokal oder eine Diskothek aufsuchen
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 weggehen
- geht weg present singular third-person
- ging weg past
- weggegangen participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 7 strong
- weggehend participle present
- wegzugehen infinitive infinitive-zu
- gehe weg first-person indicative present
- gehen weg first-person indicative plural
- gehst weg indicative present second-person
- gehest weg second-person singular subjunctive
- gehet weg plural second-person subjunctive
- gingen weg first-person indicative plural
- ginge weg first-person singular subjunctive
- gingst weg indicative preterite second-person
- gingt weg indicative plural preterite
- gingest weg second-person singular subjunctive
- ginget weg plural second-person subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to weggehen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is weggehen in German?
weggehen appears 2.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).