wegschmeißen
[ˈvɛkˌʃmaɪ̯sn̩]
The verdict
“wegschmeißen” 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) - etwas mit den Armen (meist kräftig) beschleunigen und durch die Luft fliegen lassen, sodass es sich vom Werfer wegbewegt
Corpus desk
Index DE-wegschmei-en · wegschmeißen · German
wegschmeißen · 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 | wegschmeißen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvɛkˌʃmaɪ̯sn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wegschmeißen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wegschmeißen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɛkˌʃmaɪ̯sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
wegschmeißen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 wegschmeißen, spelled W-E-G-S-C-H-M-E-I-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas mit den Armen (meist kräftig) beschleunigen und durch die Luft fliegen lassen, sodass es sich vom Werfer wegbewegt
- 2etwas im Müll oder in der freien Landschaft entsorgen
- 3sehr stark lachen, sich sehr amüsieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wegschmeißen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er schmiss den Stock weg und sein Hund holte ihn wieder.
Die Deutschen schmeißen viel zu viele Lebensmittel weg.
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.