Wegzug

/[ˈvɛkˌt͡suːk]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#61,184

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Wegzug is aGermannoun. It means: Wechsel des Wohnsitzes (an einen anderen Ort, meist von Personen, auch von Organisationen, Firmen) Pronounced [ˈvɛkˌt͡suːk].

Key facts for Wegzug
PropertyValue
HeadwordWegzug
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈvɛkˌt͡suːk]
Letters6
Frequency rank#61,184
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Wegzug in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Wegzug is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvɛkˌt͡suːk]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,184 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Wegzug in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Wegzug, spelled W-E-G-Z-U-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wechsel des Wohnsitzes (an einen anderen Ort, meist von Personen, auch von Organisationen, Firmen)
  2. 2
    Vogelzug an einen anderen Ort (von Mitteleuropa aus betrachtet meist in den Süden, beispielsweise nach Afrika)

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Antonyms

Frequency rank: #61,184 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Wegzug"?
"Wegzug" is spelled W-E-G-Z-U-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvɛkˌt͡suːk].
What does "Wegzug" mean?
As a noun, "Wegzug" means: Wechsel des Wohnsitzes (an einen anderen Ort, meist von Personen, auch von Organisationen, Firmen)
How do you pronounce "Wegzug"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wegzug" is [ˈvɛkˌt͡suːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wegzug" come from?
"Wegzug" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.