wegziehen
\ˈvɛkˌt͡siːən\
The verdict
“wegziehen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Migrer, partir pour vivre dans un autre endroit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wegziehen · wegziehen · French
wegziehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wegziehen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈvɛkˌt͡siːən\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
wegziehen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈvɛkˌt͡siːən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for wegziehen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is wegziehen, spelled W-E-G-Z-I-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Migrer, partir pour vivre dans un autre endroit.
- 2Retirer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how wegziehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Koroma hat sein ganzes Leben in Tonka verbracht und kann sich nicht vorstellen, wegzuziehen. Die Bewohner*innen haben stets von der Subsistenzlandwirtschaft gelebt. Produziert wird für den Eigenbedarf. Gibt es einen Überschuss, wird der verkauft, um beispielsweise Schulausgaben zu bezahlen.
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.