fortbilden

[ˈfɔʁtˌbɪldn̩]

/[ˈfɔʁtˌbɪldn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“fortbilden” is uncommon German (frequency #94,278 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,278
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Bildung erweitern, weiterentwickeln, vervollkommnen, zusätzliche Qualifikationen erlangen

Corpus desk

Index DE-fortbilden · fortbilden · German

fortbilden · rank #94,278 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,278
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Forschungstät…

Nearest frequency peer: Forschungstätigkeit (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „fortbilden“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „fortbilden“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fortbilden
PropertyValue
Headwordfortbilden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfɔʁtˌbɪldn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#94,278
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „fortbilden“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).fortbildenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Forschungstätigkeit“ (#94,277), „frauenfeindliche“ (#94,279), „Frauenfeindlichkeit“ (#94,280). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fortbilden“ bei #94,278. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fortbilden is uncommon German at frequency #94,278 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɔʁtˌbɪldn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Bildung erweitern, weiterentwickeln, vervollkommnen, zusätzliche Qualifikationen erlangen".

fortbilden doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is fortbilden, spelled F-O-R-T-B-I-L-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Bildung erweitern, weiterentwickeln, vervollkommnen, zusätzliche Qualifikationen erlangen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fortbilden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Er bildet sich abends freiwillig fort, um beruflich schneller voranzukommen.
  2. Die Mitarbeiter dieser Abteilung wurden in maßgeschneiderten Textverarbeitungskursen fortgebildet.

Synonyms

weiterbildenqualifizieren

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fortbilden"?
"fortbilden" is spelled F-O-R-T-B-I-L-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɔʁtˌbɪldn̩].
What does "fortbilden" mean?
As a verb, "fortbilden" means: die Bildung erweitern, weiterentwickeln, vervollkommnen, zusätzliche Qualifikationen erlangen
How do you pronounce "fortbilden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fortbilden" is [ˈfɔʁtˌbɪldn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fortbilden" come from?
"fortbilden" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fortbilden", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Findelkind#94,261Festkörper#94,255geblättert#94,305fellowship#94,248

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list