wegschleichen
[ˈvɛkˌʃlaɪ̯çn̩]
The verdict
“wegschleichen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich still und leise vom Ort entfernen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wegschleichen · wegschleichen · German
wegschleichen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | wegschleichen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvɛkˌʃlaɪ̯çn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wegschleichen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wegschleichen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɛkˌʃlaɪ̯çn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for wegschleichen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our 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 wegschleichen, spelled W-E-G-S-C-H-L-E-I-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich still und leise vom Ort entfernen
- 2still und leise vom Ort weggehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wegschleichen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie hat sich nach Einbruch der Dunkelheit weggeschlichen.
Sie ist nach Einbruch der Dunkelheit weggeschlichen.
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.