wegschütten
[ˈvɛkˌʃʏtn̩]
The verdict
“wegschütten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - entsorgen, indem etwas weggeworfen/ausgegossen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-wegschutten · wegschütten · German
wegschütten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | wegschütten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvɛkˌʃʏtn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wegschütten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wegschütten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɛkˌʃʏtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "entsorgen, indem etwas weggeworfen/ausgegossen wird".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for wegschütten, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is wegschütten, spelled W-E-G-S-C-H-Ü-T-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1entsorgen, indem etwas weggeworfen/ausgegossen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wegschütten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Daraufhin nahm er das Handtuch über die Schulter und ging mit der Schüssel wieder durch die Menge, um das gebrauchte Wasser durch das Fenster wegzuschütten und die Schüssel wieder mit frischem Wasser zu füllen.“
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