fort
German, adverb
fort is spelled F-O-R-T (4 letters) and appears 60 times per million words in written German, the 1,424th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fort is a German adverb meaning “away” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Fort is a different word: “fort (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “weg von einem Ort”.
What does fort mean in English?
adverb
- 1
away
- 2
gone
- 3
going on, continuing
noun
- 1
neuterfort (fortified defensive structure stationed with troops)
prefix
- 1
away, onward, forth
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. weg von einem Ort 2. weiter, ohne Pause, ohne nachzulassen
prefix: 1. weg von einem Ort 2. weiter, ohne Pause, ohne nachzulassen
noun: 1. eine kleinere Festung
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 fort
- Forts genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to fort
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fort in German?
fort appears 60 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).