wegradieren
[ˈvɛkʁaˌdiːʁən]
The verdict
“wegradieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Graphit) mit Hilfe eines Radiergummis entfernen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wegradieren · wegradieren · German
wegradieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | wegradieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvɛkʁaˌdiːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wegradieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wegradieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɛkʁaˌdiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wegradieren, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is wegradieren, spelled W-E-G-R-A-D-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1(Graphit) mit Hilfe eines Radiergummis entfernen
- 2so zerstören, dass nichts übrig bleibt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wegradieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Lasst das fertige Bild trocknen, bevor ihr die Bleistiftspuren der Vorlage wegradiert.“
„Das Kirchenbuch zeigt eine Rasur beim Eintrag dieses Sohnes, woraus der Familienforscher nicht etwa schließt, daß da ein Klecks wegradiert wurde, sondern daß da ein Eintrag gedoktert wurde.“
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.