wegsehen

[ˈvɛkˌzeːən]

/[ˈvɛkˌzeːən]/ verb

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The verdict

“wegsehen” is uncommon German (frequency #50,193 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,193
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Augen wegwenden, den Blick abwenden

Corpus desk

Index DE-wegsehen · wegsehen · German

wegsehen · rank #50,193 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,193
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wecke

Nearest frequency peer: Wecke (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „wegsehen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „wegsehen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wegsehen
PropertyValue
Headwordwegsehen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈvɛkˌzeːən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#50,193
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „wegsehen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).wegsehenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Wecke“ (#50,192), „wehrten“ (#50,194), „Wechselkurse“ (#50,191). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „wegsehen“ bei #50,193. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wegsehen is uncommon German at frequency #50,193 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɛkˌzeːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for wegsehen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is wegsehen, spelled W-E-G-S-E-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Augen wegwenden, den Blick abwenden
  2. 2
    etwas missachten, etwas absichtlich nicht sehen wollen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how wegsehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sie sieht vom Teller weg.
  2. So schrecklich der Anblick war, ich konnte einfach nicht wegsehen.

Synonyms

wegschauen

Antonyms

hinsehen

This word in other languages

look away(English)apartar la vista(Español)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wegsehen"?
"wegsehen" is spelled W-E-G-S-E-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɛkˌzeːən].
What does "wegsehen" mean?
As a verb, "wegsehen" means: die Augen wegwenden, den Blick abwenden
How do you pronounce "wegsehen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wegsehen" is [ˈvɛkˌzeːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wegsehen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wegsehen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list