wegwollen
German, verb
wegwollen is spelled W-E-G-W-O-L-L-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 352,658th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wegwollen is a German verb meaning “to want to leave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wegwollen is a different word: “gerund of wegwollen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich von einem Ort, von jemandem entfernen wollen; weggehen wollen”.
What does wegwollen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to want to leave
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wegwollen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich von einem Ort, von jemandem entfernen wollen; weggehen wollen 2. (zum Vergnügen; zum Tanzen oder dergleichen) ein Lokal, eine Veranstaltung oder dergleichen aufsuchen wollen
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 wegwollen
- will weg present singular third-person
- wollte weg past
- weggewollt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- wegwollend participle present
- wegzuwollen infinitive infinitive-zu
- wollen weg first-person indicative plural
- wolle weg first-person singular subjunctive
- willst weg indicative present second-person
- wollt weg indicative plural present
- wollest weg second-person singular subjunctive
- wollet weg plural second-person subjunctive
- wollten weg first-person indicative plural
- wolltest weg indicative preterite second-person
- wolltet weg indicative plural preterite
- weggewollt haben active infinitive perfect
- weggewollt zu haben active extended infinitive
- ich will weg first-person singular present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is wegwollen in German?
wegwollen appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).