wegnemen

verb

The verdict

“wegnemen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dissiper, ôter, enlever.

Corpus desk

Index FR-wegnemen · wegnemen · French

wegnemen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "W" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for wegnemen
PropertyValue
Headwordwegnemen
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « wegnemen » en français

wegnemensiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wegnemen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

wegnemen has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is wegnemen, spelled W-E-G-N-E-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dissiper, ôter, enlever.
  2. 2
    Voler quelque chose à quelqu’un, subtiliser.
  3. 3
    Enlever.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how wegnemen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. iemands twijfel wegnemen
  2. hoe kan de werkloosheid geleidelijk worden weggenomen?

Synonyms

verwijderenweghalenmeenemenstelenwegpakkenuitnemenverlichtenamputerendoneren

Antonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wegnemen"?
"wegnemen" is spelled W-E-G-N-E-M-E-N.
What does "wegnemen" mean?
As a verb, "wegnemen" means: Dissiper, ôter, enlever.
What language does "wegnemen" come from?
"wegnemen" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list