weggezogen

Weggezogen is the past participle of the German verb wegziehen (to move away). It describes the action of leaving a place and relocating to another. In everyday usage, it commonly refers to people or households that have changed residence, but it can also describe institutions or businesses that relocate. As a finite verb form, it appears in the perfect tense with the auxiliary sein: Ich bin weggezogen.

As an attributive or predicative form, weggezogen is used to characterize someone or something that has left a location. In such cases the expression can appear as a modifying adjective, for example die weggezogene Familie or die weggezogenen Nachbarn, depending on number and gender. The exact inflection follows standard German adjective declension rules.

Etymology and scope: wegziehen consists of the prefix weg- (away) and ziehen (to pull or move). The prefix emphasizes departure from a current place. Weggezogen typically refers to permanent or long-term relocation within or across regions and countries, though it is most often encountered in a domestic context.

Related terms include Wegzug (the act of moving away, a noun) and Übersiedlung (relocation or resettlement). Auswandern describes emigration from a country, which is a broader form of moving away than wegziehen in the common sense.

See also: Wegzug, Übersiedlung, Auswandern. Examples: Nach dem Wegzug der Familie blieb das Haus leer. Viele Menschen ziehen weggezogen in Richtung größerer Städte.