wegschieben

\ˈvɛkˌʃiːbn̩\

/\ˈvɛkˌʃiːbn̩\/ verb

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Repousser, faire glisser vers un endroit plus distant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-wegschieben · wegschieben · French

wegschieben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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 wegschieben
PropertyValue
Headwordwegschieben
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˈvɛkˌʃiːbn̩\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « wegschieben » en français

wegschiebenreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

wegschieben is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈvɛkˌʃiːbn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Repousser, faire glisser vers un endroit plus distant.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wegschieben, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is wegschieben, spelled W-E-G-S-C-H-I-E-B-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Repousser, faire glisser vers un endroit plus distant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ein anderes Mal entdeckte (Alexander von Humboldt) weißes Pulver in seinem Essen. Er verstand genug von Chemie, um zu erkennen, daß es Rattengift war. Mit zitternden Händen schob er den Teller weg.

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 "wegschieben"?
"wegschieben" is spelled W-E-G-S-C-H-I-E-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈvɛkˌʃiːbn̩\.
What does "wegschieben" mean?
As a verb, "wegschieben" means: Repousser, faire glisser vers un endroit plus distant.
How do you pronounce "wegschieben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wegschieben" is \ˈvɛkˌʃiːbn̩\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wegschieben" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list