wegschicken

Wegschicken is a German verb with several related meanings centered on removing someone or something from a place or situation. The core sense is to send away, whether to a different location, out of a room, or out of a position. It is formed with the verb schicken and the directional particle weg, making it a separable-prefix verb. In present tense the prefix is separated: ich schicke dich weg; du schickst ihn weg; er schickt uns weg. In the perfect tense one uses weggeschickt: ich habe dich weggeschickt.

Usage and nuance: Wegschicken can refer to physically removing a person from a place (for example, a teacher sending a disruptive pupil away), to dismissing someone from a position or an event (in formal contexts more neutral terms like entlassen or entfernen may be used), or to sending goods to another location, such as shipping orders abroad or moving inventory. The expression tends to be informal or colloquial and can sound blunt or rude when directed at a person, depending on tone and context.

Etymology and formality: The prefix weg conveys removal or departure, and the word is commonly used in everyday speech rather than formal writing. In more formal contexts alternatives such as entlassen, hinauswerfen, or zurückschicken may be preferred, depending on the exact sense.

Examples:

- Die Lehrerin schickte den unruhigen Schüler weg.

- Die Firma schickt die Waren ins Ausland weg.

- Er wurde aus dem Meeting weggeschickt, weil er störte.