weghauen
German, verb[ˈvɛkhaʊ̯ən]
weghauen is spelled W-E-G-H-A-U-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 142,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weghauen is a German verb meaning “to hew, cut off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aufessen”.
What does weghauen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hew, cut off
- 2
to separate (by hitting with an axe, etc.)
- 3
Austriacolloquialto dispose, to junk, to throw away
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aufessen 2. mit einem Schlag (Hieb) entfernen
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 weghauen
- haut weg present singular third-person
- haute weg past
- weggehauen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- weghauend participle present
- wegzuhauen infinitive infinitive-zu
- haue weg first-person indicative present
- hauen weg first-person indicative plural
- haust weg indicative present second-person
- hauest weg second-person singular subjunctive
- hauet weg plural second-person subjunctive
- hauten weg first-person indicative plural
- hautest weg indicative preterite second-person
- hautet weg indicative plural preterite
- hieb weg past
- hiebe weg subjunctive-ii
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce weghauen?
- [ˈvɛkhaʊ̯ən]
- [ˈvɛkˌhaʊ̯ən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is weghauen in German?
weghauen appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).