wegschließen
[ˈvɛkˌʃliːsn̩]
The verdict
“wegschließen” 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) - eine Sache (seltener eine Person) gesichert verwahren, aus dem Verkehr nehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wegschlie-en · wegschließen · German
wegschließen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | wegschließen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvɛkˌʃliːsn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wegschließen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wegschließen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɛkˌʃliːsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Sache (seltener eine Person) gesichert verwahren, aus dem Verkehr nehmen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for wegschließen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is wegschließen, spelled W-E-G-S-C-H-L-I-E-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Sache (seltener eine Person) gesichert verwahren, aus dem Verkehr nehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wegschließen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit beiden Händen stützte er sich auf den Schreibtisch, damit ihm all die losen Blätter, die er noch nicht weggeschlossen hatte, nicht davongewirbelt würden.“
„Musste der Iris erst umbringen, bevor man ihn für immer wegschloss?“
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.