wegschnippen
[ˈvɛkˌʃnɪpn̩]
The verdict
“wegschnippen” 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) - durch Vorschnellen eines Fingers etwas wegstoßen, schnippend wegwerfen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wegschnippen · wegschnippen · German
wegschnippen · 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 | wegschnippen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvɛkˌʃnɪpn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wegschnippen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wegschnippen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɛkˌʃnɪpn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "durch Vorschnellen eines Fingers etwas wegstoßen, schnippend wegwerfen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wegschnippen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is wegschnippen, spelled W-E-G-S-C-H-N-I-P-P-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch Vorschnellen eines Fingers etwas wegstoßen, schnippend wegwerfen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how wegschnippen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie hasst es zu tanken. Hasst die zwei, drei Minuten an der Zapfsäule, das kurze Gespräch mit dem Angestellten, der herauskommt, um einem zu helfen, den Geruch und das Gefühl, dass eine weggeschnippte Zigarette ausreicht, um die Tankstelle in einen Feuerball zu verwandeln.“
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.