weiterzugehen
[ˈvaɪ̯tɐt͡suˌɡeːən]
The verdict
“weiterzugehen” is uncommon German (frequency #68,881 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,881
- frequency rank, German
- 2,930
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs weitergehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-weiterzugehen · weiterzugehen · German
weiterzugehen · rank #68,881 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,881
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,930
- PHOTO-FINISH Weiterbau
Nearest frequency peer: Weiterbau (-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 „weiterzugehen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- weidlich
weidlich
31,124 corpus weight
- Weinglas
Weinglas
31,123 corpus weight
- Weiterbau
Weiterbau
31,121 corpus weight
- weiterzugeh…
weiterzugehen
31,120 corpus weight
- weltbekannt
weltbekannt
31,118 corpus weight
- Weltstar
Weltstar
31,117 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „weiterzugehen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | weiterzugehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯tɐt͡suˌɡeːən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #68,881 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „weiterzugehen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
weiterzugehen is uncommon German at frequency #68,881 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈvaɪ̯tɐt͡suˌɡeːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs weitergehen".
weiterzugehen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is weiterzugehen, spelled W-E-I-T-E-R-Z-U-G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs weitergehen
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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