wegweisend
German, adjective[ˈveːkˌvaɪ̯zn̩t]
wegweisend is spelled W-E-G-W-E-I-S-E-N-D (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 44,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wegweisend is a German adjective meaning “pointing the way (ahead), pioneering, pathbreaking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “für die zukünftige Entwicklung sehr wichtig”.
What does wegweisend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pointing the way (ahead), pioneering, pathbreaking
eine wegweisende Deklaration / Erfindung / Rede / Tat / Untersuchung
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. für die zukünftige Entwicklung sehr wichtig 2. die richtige Richtung anzeigend
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 wegweisend
- wegweisender masculine nominative singular
- am wegweisendsten superlative
- wegweisende feminine nominative singular
- wegweisendes neuter nominative singular
- wegweisenden genitive masculine singular
- wegweisendem dative masculine singular
- der wegweisende definite includes-article masculine
- die wegweisende definite feminine includes-article
- das wegweisende definite includes-article neuter
- die wegweisenden definite includes-article nominative
- des wegweisenden definite genitive includes-article
- der wegweisenden definite feminine genitive
- dem wegweisenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wegweisend?
- [ˈveːkˌvaɪ̯zn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wegweisend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wegweisend in German?
wegweisend appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).