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Weiche

German, noun

Weiche is spelled W-E-I-C-H-E (6 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written German, the 9,345th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weiche is a German feminine noun meaning “railway switch, points” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, weiche is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Möglichkeit, von einem Weg abzuweichen oder auszuweichen, Gleiskonstruktion, mit der Schienenfahrzeuge…”.

What does Weiche mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininerailway switch, points

noun

  1. 1

    femininesoftness

  2. 2

    feminineflank, loin (especially of animals)

adjective

as weiche
  1. 1

    femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular

  2. 2

    strong nominative/accusative plural

  3. 3

    weak nominative all-gender singular

  4. 4

    feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular

verb

as weiche
  1. 1

    first-person singular present

  2. 2

    first/third-person singular subjunctive I

  3. 3

    singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. eine Möglichkeit, von einem Weg abzuweichen oder auszuweichen, Gleiskonstruktion, mit der Schienenfahrzeuge ohne Fahrtunterbrechung von einem Gleis auf ein anderes gelangen können 2. elektronische Schaltung, die Wechselspannungen verschiedener Frequenzen auf unterschiedliche Leitungen aufteilt 3. die Anreicherung von Getreide mit Wasser während der Mälzung

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 Weiche

  • Weichen plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Weiche

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Weiche in German?

Weiche appears 7.1 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).

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