fortfallen
[ˈfɔʁtˌfalən]
The verdict
“fortfallen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - entfallen, verschwinden, wegfallen
Corpus desk
Index DE-fortfallen · fortfallen · German
fortfallen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fortfallen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɔʁtˌfalən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fortfallen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fortfallen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɔʁtˌfalən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "entfallen, verschwinden, wegfallen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fortfallen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is fortfallen, spelled F-O-R-T-F-A-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1entfallen, verschwinden, wegfallen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fortfallen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Gehaltserhöhung brachte ihr nicht viel, weil dafür die Wochenendzuschläge fortfielen.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.