fortschreiten
German, verb
fortschreiten is a German verb meaning “to advance, achieve progress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Fortschreiten is a different word: “gerund of fortschreiten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich weiterentwickeln, Fortschritte machen”.
What does fortschreiten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to advance, achieve progress
- 2
to advance, proceed
noun
- 1
neutergerund of fortschreiten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich weiterentwickeln, Fortschritte machen
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 fortschreiten
- schreitet fort present singular third-person
- schritt fort past
- fortgeschritten participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 1 strong
- fortschreitend participle present
- fortzuschreiten infinitive infinitive-zu
- schreite fort first-person indicative present
- schreiten fort first-person indicative plural
- schreitest fort indicative present second-person
- schritten fort first-person indicative plural
- schritte fort first-person formal rare
- schrittest fort indicative preterite second-person
- schrittst fort indicative preterite second-person
- schrittet fort indicative plural preterite
- schreite fort! imperative singular
- schreitet fort! imperative plural
- fortgeschritten sein active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to fortschreiten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fortschreiten in German?
fortschreiten appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).