wegmachen

[ˈvɛkˌmaxn̩]

/[ˈvɛkˌmaxn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“wegmachen” is uncommon German (frequency #55,859 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,859
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas entfernen

Corpus desk

Index DE-wegmachen · wegmachen · German

wegmachen · rank #55,859 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,859
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH wechselhaft

Nearest frequency peer: wechselhaft (-2 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „wegmachen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „wegmachen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wegmachen
PropertyValue
Headwordwegmachen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈvɛkˌmaxn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#55,859
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „wegmachen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).wegmachenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „wechselhaft“ (#55,857), „weiterhilft“ (#55,861), „Wasserpflanzen“ (#55,856). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „wegmachen“ bei #55,859. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wegmachen is uncommon German at frequency #55,859 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɛkˌmaxn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for wegmachen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is wegmachen, spelled W-E-G-M-A-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas entfernen
  2. 2
    sich entfernen, den Ort verlassen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how wegmachen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mach das Ding weg.
  2. Deinen Dreck kannst du allein wegmachen!

This word in other languages

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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wegmachen"?
"wegmachen" is spelled W-E-G-M-A-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɛkˌmaxn̩].
What does "wegmachen" mean?
As a verb, "wegmachen" means: etwas entfernen
How do you pronounce "wegmachen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wegmachen" is [ˈvɛkˌmaxn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wegmachen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

wohlfühlt#55,871vorangeht#55,840zeitlosen#55,880verhöhnen#55,813

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list