wegwischen

[ˈvɛkˌvɪʃn̩]

/[ˈvɛkˌvɪʃn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“wegwischen” is uncommon German (frequency #64,870 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,870
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einem Lappen oder der Hand entfernen

Corpus desk

Index DE-wegwischen · wegwischen · German

wegwischen · rank #64,870 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,870
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH weggeblasen

Nearest frequency peer: weggeblasen (-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 „wegwischen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wegwischen
PropertyValue
Headwordwegwischen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈvɛkˌvɪʃn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#64,870
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „wegwischen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).wegwischenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „weggeblasen“ (#64,869), „Waschraum“ (#64,868), „Weiberfastnacht“ (#64,872). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „wegwischen“ bei #64,870. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wegwischen is uncommon German at frequency #64,870 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɛkˌvɪʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wegwischen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is wegwischen, spelled W-E-G-W-I-S-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit einem Lappen oder der Hand entfernen
  2. 2
    nicht gelten lassen
  3. 3
    nicht mehr die Spur halten

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Wenn man den falschen Schreiber erwischt, läßt sich Geschriebenes nicht mehr vom Whiteboard wegwischen.
  2. Seine ermahnenden Worte wurden bloß mit einer abfälligen Geste weggewischt.

Antonyms

belassenakzeptieren

This word in other languages

wipe off(English)limpiar(Español)effacer(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 "wegwischen"?
"wegwischen" is spelled W-E-G-W-I-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɛkˌvɪʃn̩].
What does "wegwischen" mean?
As a verb, "wegwischen" means: mit einem Lappen oder der Hand entfernen
How do you pronounce "wegwischen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wegwischen" is [ˈvɛkˌvɪʃn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wegwischen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Wundertüte#64,889Wörishofen#64,892Zeitsprung#64,898verfallene#64,832

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list