wegwaschen
German, verb
wegwaschen is spelled W-E-G-W-A-S-C-H-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written German, the 371,567th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wegwaschen is a German verb meaning “to wash away” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wegwaschen is a different word: “gerund of wegwaschen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Wasser (und Seife) entfernen, etwas abwaschen”.
What does wegwaschen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wash away
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wegwaschen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit Wasser (und Seife) entfernen, etwas abwaschen 2. durch sich bewegendes Wasser (Regen, Fluss-, Meerwasser) entfernen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of wegwaschen
- wäscht weg present singular third-person
- wusch weg past
- weggewaschen participle past
- wüsche weg past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 6 strong
- wegwaschend participle present
- wegzuwaschen infinitive infinitive-zu
- wasche weg first-person indicative present
- waschen weg first-person indicative plural
- wäschst weg indicative present second-person
- wascht weg indicative plural present
- waschest weg second-person singular subjunctive
- waschet weg plural second-person subjunctive
- wuschen weg first-person indicative plural
- wüschen weg first-person formal plural
- wuschst weg indicative preterite second-person
- wuscht weg indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is wegwaschen in German?
wegwaschen appears about once in every 39 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).