wegstecken

[ˈvɛkˌʃtɛkn̩]

/[ˈvɛkˌʃtɛkn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“wegstecken” is uncommon German (frequency #51,021 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,021
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an einer anderen Stelle platzieren, so dass es vor anderen verborgen ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-wegstecken · wegstecken · German

wegstecken · rank #51,021 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,021
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH weggeschickt

Nearest frequency peer: weggeschickt (-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 „wegstecken“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wegstecken
PropertyValue
Headwordwegstecken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈvɛkˌʃtɛkn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#51,021
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „wegstecken“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „weggeschickt“ (#51,020), „wegzuwerfen“ (#51,022), „Wassertiefe“ (#51,019). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „wegstecken“ bei #51,021. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wegstecken is uncommon German at frequency #51,021 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɛkˌʃtɛkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

wegstecken doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is wegstecken, spelled W-E-G-S-T-E-C-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    an einer anderen Stelle platzieren, so dass es vor anderen verborgen ist
  2. 2
    etwas Unangenehmes, Unerwünschtes erleben, sich aber davon nicht nachhaltig beeinträchtigen lassen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Nun steck dein Geld mal wieder weg. Ich lade dich ein.“
  2. „Dieser Mantel ist mit zwei Geheimtaschen ausgestattet, die Ihnen nützlich sein können, wenn Sie schnell etwas wegstecken wollen.“

Synonyms

einpackeneinsteckeneinsteckenverkraften

Antonyms

austeilen

This word in other languages

ranger(Français)

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 "wegstecken"?
"wegstecken" is spelled W-E-G-S-T-E-C-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɛkˌʃtɛkn̩].
What does "wegstecken" mean?
As a verb, "wegstecken" means: an einer anderen Stelle platzieren, so dass es vor anderen verborgen ist
How do you pronounce "wegstecken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wegstecken" is [ˈvɛkˌʃtɛkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wegstecken" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

wandelnden#51,015Werkstücke#51,029westliches#51,031vollzählig#51,005

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list