fortsetzen
German, verb/ˈfɔʁtˌzɛt͡sən/
fortsetzen is a German verb meaning “to continue with something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “an etwas, das begonnen wurde, anschließen und weiterführen, weiterverfolgen”.
What does fortsetzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to continue with something
Er setzt sein Studium in Berlin fort.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. an etwas, das begonnen wurde, anschließen und weiterführen, weiterverfolgen
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 fortsetzen
- setzt fort present singular third-person
- setzte fort past
- fortgesetzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- fortsetzend participle present
- fortzusetzen infinitive infinitive-zu
- setze fort first-person indicative present
- setzen fort first-person indicative plural
- setzest fort second-person singular subjunctive
- setzet fort plural second-person subjunctive
- setzten fort first-person indicative plural
- setztest fort indicative preterite second-person
- setztet fort indicative plural preterite
- setz fort! imperative singular
- setze fort! imperative singular
- setzt fort! imperative plural
- fortgesetzt haben active infinitive perfect
- fortgesetzt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fortsetzen?
- /ˈfɔʁtˌzɛt͡sən/
- [ˈfɔʁtˌzɛt͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fortsetzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fortsetzen in German?
fortsetzen appears 6.9 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).