wegzählen
[ˈvɛkˌt͡sɛːlən]
The verdict
“wegzählen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Zahl von einer anderen abziehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-wegzahlen · wegzählen · German
wegzählen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wegzählen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvɛkˌt͡sɛːlən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wegzählen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wegzählen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvɛkˌt͡sɛːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Zahl von einer anderen abziehen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wegzählen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is wegzählen, spelled W-E-G-Z-Ä-H-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Zahl von einer anderen abziehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how wegzählen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wenn man 5 von 40 wegzählt, erhält man 35.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.