wegweisen
German, verb
wegweisen is spelled W-E-G-W-E-I-S-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written German, the 371,567th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wegweisen is a German verb meaning “to send away, show out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wegweisen is a different word: “gerund of wegweisen”.
What does wegweisen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to send away, show out
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wegweisen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of wegweisen
- weist weg present singular third-person
- wies weg past
- weggewiesen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- wegweisend participle present
- wegzuweisen infinitive infinitive-zu
- weise weg first-person indicative present
- weisen weg first-person indicative plural
- weisest weg second-person singular subjunctive
- weiset weg plural second-person subjunctive
- wiesen weg first-person indicative plural
- wiese weg first-person formal rare
- wiesest weg indicative preterite second-person
- wiest weg indicative preterite second-person
- wieset weg formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is wegweisen in German?
wegweisen 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).