wegziehen
German, verb
wegziehen is spelled W-E-G-Z-I-E-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wegziehen is a German verb meaning “to pull away” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wegziehen is a different word: “gerund of wegziehen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Wohnsitz wechseln”.
What does wegziehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pull away
- 2
to move, to move away
- 3
to migrate (of birds)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wegziehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. den Wohnsitz wechseln 2. etwas von seinem Ort fortbewegen (in einer ziehenden Bewegung)
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 wegziehen
- zieht weg present singular third-person
- zog weg past
- weggezogen participle past
- zöge weg past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- 2 strong
- haben or sein auxiliary
- wegziehend participle present
- wegzuziehen infinitive infinitive-zu
- ziehe weg first-person indicative present
- ziehen weg first-person indicative plural
- ziehst weg indicative present second-person
- ziehest weg second-person singular subjunctive
- ziehet weg plural second-person subjunctive
- zogen weg first-person indicative plural
- zögen weg first-person formal plural
- zogst weg indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to wegziehen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wegziehen in German?
wegziehen appears 1.4 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).