wegschicken

[ˈvɛkˌʃɪkn̩]

/[ˈvɛkˌʃɪkn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“wegschicken” is uncommon German (frequency #70,988 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,988
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden auffordern, fortzugehen; jemanden nicht sehen und sprechen wollen

Corpus desk

Index DE-wegschicken · wegschicken · German

wegschicken · rank #70,988 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,988
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH weggerannt

Nearest frequency peer: weggerannt (-1 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 „wegschicken“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wegschicken
PropertyValue
Headwordwegschicken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈvɛkˌʃɪkn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#70,988
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „wegschicken“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „weggerannt“ (#70,987), „Weinhändler“ (#70,989), „Wasserkühlung“ (#70,985). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „wegschicken“ bei #70,988. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wegschicken is uncommon German at frequency #70,988 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɛkˌʃɪkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for wegschicken in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is wegschicken, spelled W-E-G-S-C-H-I-C-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden auffordern, fortzugehen; jemanden nicht sehen und sprechen wollen
  2. 2
    eine Sache/Information (zum Beispiel per Post/Kurier/E-Mail) auf den Weg bringen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ja, sie war hier, aber ich habe sie wieder weggeschickt.
  2. Das Paket wurde bereits gestern weggeschickt.

Antonyms

einladenherholenannehmenhinschicken

This word in other languages

send away(English)renvoyer(Français)

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 "wegschicken"?
"wegschicken" is spelled W-E-G-S-C-H-I-C-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɛkˌʃɪkn̩].
What does "wegschicken" mean?
As a verb, "wegschicken" means: jemanden auffordern, fortzugehen; jemanden nicht sehen und sprechen wollen
How do you pronounce "wegschicken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wegschicken" is [ˈvɛkˌʃɪkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wegschicken" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Weinhändler#70,989Wandschrank#70,983Wahrsagerin#70,980Völkermords#70,974

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list