fortgeschritten
German, adjective[ˈfɔɐ̯tɡəʃʁɪtn̩]
fortgeschritten is a German adjective meaning “advanced” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of fortschreiten. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht mehr am Anfang stehend, sich in einem weiterentwickelten Stadium befindend”.
What does fortgeschritten mean in English?
adjective
- 1
advanced
verb
- 1
past participle of fortschreiten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht mehr am Anfang stehend, sich in einem weiterentwickelten Stadium befindend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fortgeschritten
- fortgeschrittener masculine nominative singular
- am fortgeschrittensten superlative
- fortgeschrittene feminine nominative singular
- fortgeschrittenes neuter nominative singular
- fortgeschrittenen genitive masculine singular
- fortgeschrittenem dative masculine singular
- der fortgeschrittene definite includes-article masculine
- die fortgeschrittene definite feminine includes-article
- das fortgeschrittene definite includes-article neuter
- die fortgeschrittenen definite includes-article nominative
- des fortgeschrittenen definite genitive includes-article
- der fortgeschrittenen definite feminine genitive
- dem fortgeschrittenen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fortgeschritten?
- [ˈfɔɐ̯tɡəʃʁɪtn̩]
- [ˈfɔʁtɡəˌʃʁɪtn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fortgeschritten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fortgeschritten in German?
fortgeschritten appears 2.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).