wegschleppen

[ˈvɛkˌʃlɛpn̩]

/[ˈvɛkˌʃlɛpn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“wegschleppen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit körperlicher Kraft (schwere) Last vom Ort wegbringen

Corpus desk

Index DE-wegschleppen · wegschleppen · German

wegschleppen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 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.

Key facts for wegschleppen
PropertyValue
Headwordwegschleppen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈvɛkˌʃlɛpn̩]
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „wegschleppen“ im Deutschen

wegschleppensitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wegschleppen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɛkˌʃlɛpn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for wegschleppen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 wegschleppen, spelled W-E-G-S-C-H-L-E-P-P-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit körperlicher Kraft (schwere) Last vom Ort wegbringen
  2. 2
    unerlaubt von einem Ort entfernen
  3. 3
    sich (mit letzter Kraft) vom Ort entfernen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Und wer soll jetzt die ganzen Säcke mit dem Bauschutt wegschleppen?
  2. Wer hat hier schon wieder die Kamera weggeschleppt?

Antonyms

herschleppenanschleppen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wegschleppen"?
"wegschleppen" is spelled W-E-G-S-C-H-L-E-P-P-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɛkˌʃlɛpn̩].
What does "wegschleppen" mean?
As a verb, "wegschleppen" means: mit körperlicher Kraft (schwere) Last vom Ort wegbringen
How do you pronounce "wegschleppen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wegschleppen" is [ˈvɛkˌʃlɛpn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wegschleppen" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list