Fortdauer

[ˈfɔʁtˌdaʊ̯ɐ]

/[ˈfɔʁtˌdaʊ̯ɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Fortdauer” is uncommon German (frequency #91,604 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,604
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Nichtaufhören

Corpus desk

Index DE-fortdauer · Fortdauer · German

Fortdauer · rank #91,604 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,604
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Forscherinnen

Nearest frequency peer: Forscherinnen (-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 „Fortdauer“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Fortdauer
PropertyValue
HeadwordFortdauer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɔʁtˌdaʊ̯ɐ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#91,604
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Fortdauer“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Fortdauerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Forscherinnen“ (#91,603), „Formung“ (#91,602), „fortis“ (#91,606). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Fortdauer“ bei #91,604. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Fortdauer is uncommon German at frequency #91,604 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɔʁtˌdaʊ̯ɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Nichtaufhören".

Fortdauer has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Fortdauer, spelled F-O-R-T-D-A-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Nichtaufhören

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Der Seitenumfang des Kommunal-Kalenders wuchs mit Fortdauer des Erscheinens immer weiter an; 1917 hatte er nahezu 1.400 Seiten.“

Synonyms

Andauer

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 "Fortdauer"?
"Fortdauer" is spelled F-O-R-T-D-A-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɔʁtˌdaʊ̯ɐ].
What does "Fortdauer" mean?
As a noun, "Fortdauer" means: das Nichtaufhören
How do you pronounce "Fortdauer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Fortdauer" is [ˈfɔʁtˌdaʊ̯ɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Fortdauer" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

formelles#91,601frostigen#91,619Fuchsjagd#91,621gefühllos#91,637

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list