Wegzug
[ˈvɛkˌt͡suːk]
The verdict
“Wegzug” is uncommon German (frequency #61,184 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,184
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wechsel des Wohnsitzes (an einen anderen Ort, meist von Personen, auch von Organisationen, Firmen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-wegzug · Wegzug · German
Wegzug · rank #61,184 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,184
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH wegkommt
Nearest frequency peer: wegkommt (-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 „Wegzug“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- waves
waves
38,820 corpus weight
- wegkommt
wegkommt
38,818 corpus weight
- Wegzug
Wegzug
38,817 corpus weight
- Weihnachtsk…
Weihnachtskarte
38,816 corpus weight
- Weihnachtss…
Weihnachtsstimmung
38,815 corpus weight
- weinerlich
weinerlich
38,814 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Wegzug“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wegzug |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛkˌt͡suːk] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,184 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Wegzug“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Wegzug is uncommon German at frequency #61,184 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɛkˌt͡suːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Wegzug in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Wegzug, spelled W-E-G-Z-U-G.
Definition
- 1Wechsel des Wohnsitzes (an einen anderen Ort, meist von Personen, auch von Organisationen, Firmen)
- 2Vogelzug an einen anderen Ort (von Mitteleuropa aus betrachtet meist in den Süden, beispielsweise nach Afrika)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Wegzug appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Wegzug erfolgte, weil die Unterkunft nach seiner Heirat mit der Wiener Schriftstellerin Ilse Aichinger zu klein geworden war.“
„Nach seinem Wegzug bricht der Kontakt zu seinem Vater Bernd Reuther und seiner Exfrau Kerstin ab.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
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.
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