German word

weg

Pronunciation

IPA/vɛk/

Meaning

  • adverbgone

Example

Das Buch ist weg.

The book is gone.

Illustration for weg (gone)

More examples

Das Geld ist über Nacht weg.

The money has disappeared overnight.

Core concept

A familiar object or person is no longer where it was and has slipped out of sight.

Common phrases

  • weg sein

    be gone

  • einfach weg

    simply gone

Similar words

fort: No longer at a particular place after moving away.

Definition in German

an einem Ort nicht mehr vorhanden oder aus dem Blickfeld verschwunden sein

Word origin

The adverb weg is historically related to the noun Weg, meaning "way," and comes from the same old Germanic root, with absence developing from the idea of being away.

Usage tips

  • In "Das Buch ist weg," weg is an uninflected adverb, so it does not change for gender, case, or number.

Other meanings

  • missingadverb
  • lostadverb

Opposites

  • dathereadverb

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