wegschmelzen
[ˈvɛkˌʃmɛlt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“wegschmelzen” 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) - den gefrorenen Zustand verlieren, tauen (und dadurch verschwinden)
Corpus desk
Index DE-wegschmelzen · wegschmelzen · German
wegschmelzen · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wegschmelzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvɛkˌʃmɛlt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wegschmelzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wegschmelzen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɛkˌʃmɛlt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den gefrorenen Zustand verlieren, tauen (und dadurch verschwinden)".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wegschmelzen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is wegschmelzen, spelled W-E-G-S-C-H-M-E-L-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1den gefrorenen Zustand verlieren, tauen (und dadurch verschwinden)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wegschmelzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aber hier im Gebiete des winterlichen Kältepols schneit es sehr wenig, die Schneedecke wird im Frühling rasch weggeschmolzen, und damit ist die Bedingung für eine kräftige sommerliche Erwärmung geschaffen.“
Dann ist die Sonne rausgekommen und hat den Schnee weggeschmolzen.
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.