fortdauern
German, verb/ˈfɔʁtˌdaʊ̯ɐn/
fortdauern is spelled F-O-R-T-D-A-U-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 170,338th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fortdauern is a German verb meaning “to go on, continue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht aufhören”.
What does fortdauern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to go on, continue
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nicht aufhören
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 fortdauern
- dauert fort present singular third-person
- dauerte fort past
- fortgedauert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- fortdauernd participle present
- fortzudauern infinitive infinitive-zu
- daure fort first-person indicative present
- dauere fort first-person indicative present
- dauer fort first-person indicative present
- dauern fort first-person indicative plural
- dauerst fort indicative present second-person
- dauerest fort second-person singular subjunctive
- daurest fort second-person singular subjunctive
- daueret fort plural second-person subjunctive
- dauret fort plural second-person subjunctive
- dauerten fort first-person indicative plural
- dauertest fort indicative preterite second-person
- dauertet fort indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fortdauern?
- /ˈfɔʁtˌdaʊ̯ɐn/
- [ˈfɔʁtˌdaʊ̯ɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fortdauern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fortdauern in German?
fortdauern appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).