fortbewegen
German, verb
fortbewegen is spelled F-O-R-T-B-E-W-E-G-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 47,290th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fortbewegen is a German verb meaning “to move on” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Fortbewegen is a different word: “gerund of fortbewegen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “von einem Ort zum anderen bewegen^([2]); etwas wegbewegen”.
What does fortbewegen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to move on
noun
- 1
neutergerund of fortbewegen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. von einem Ort zum anderen bewegen^([2]); etwas wegbewegen 2. sich von einem Ort zum anderen bewegen
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 fortbewegen
- bewegt fort present singular third-person
- bewegte fort past
- fortbewegt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- fortbewegend participle present
- fortzubewegen infinitive infinitive-zu
- bewege fort first-person indicative present
- bewegen fort first-person indicative plural
- bewegst fort indicative present second-person
- bewegest fort second-person singular subjunctive
- beweget fort plural second-person subjunctive
- bewegten fort first-person indicative plural
- bewegtest fort indicative preterite second-person
- bewegtet fort indicative plural preterite
- beweg fort! imperative singular
- bewege fort! imperative singular
- bewegt fort! imperative plural
- fortbewegt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is fortbewegen in German?
fortbewegen 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).