wegpusten
[ˈvɛkˌpuːstn̩]
The verdict
“wegpusten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Luft auf etwas blasen und es damit vom Ort, an dem es ist, entfernen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wegpusten · wegpusten · German
wegpusten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | wegpusten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvɛkˌpuːstn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wegpusten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wegpusten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɛkˌpuːstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
wegpusten has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is wegpusten, spelled W-E-G-P-U-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Luft auf etwas blasen und es damit vom Ort, an dem es ist, entfernen
- 2erschießen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wegpusten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ausgeblühter Löwenzahn hat viele kleine, weiße Fallschirme, die man wegpusten kann.
„Mit dem Krabbelalter, von Kennern auch das »Beulenalter« genannt, haben wir das seit Generationen bewährte Ritual des Wegpustens von Wehwehchen eingeführt.“
This word in other languages
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.