verb#5,369 by frequency

weichen

/ˈvaɪ̯çn̩/

to move farther away, to make room, to yield; to be replaced, to disappear [with dative ‘in favor of something’]; to wane, to decrease

Meanings

1
to move farther away, to make room, to yield
- Als er krank war, wich sie nicht von seinem Bett.
  She was at his bedside for the whole time he was ill.
  Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
- Sie wich mir nicht von der Seite.
  She always stayed by my side.
  Tatoeba · al_ex_an_der · CC BY 2.0 FR
2
to be replaced, to disappear [with dative ‘in favor of something’] — especially of buildings/shops and sentiments
3
to wane, to decrease
4
to soften, to make more flexible or yieldingrare
5
to softenrare