fortfliegen
[ˈfɔʁtˌfliːɡn̩]
The verdict
“fortfliegen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich fliegend entfernen
Corpus desk
Index DE-fortfliegen · fortfliegen · German
fortfliegen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | fortfliegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɔʁtˌfliːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fortfliegen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fortfliegen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɔʁtˌfliːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich fliegend entfernen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fortfliegen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is fortfliegen, spelled F-O-R-T-F-L-I-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich fliegend entfernen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fortfliegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Fenster stand noch offen, der Vogel war wohl fortgeflogen.
Am liebsten würde ich einfach fortfliegen und das ganze Elend hinter mir lassen, um dann stattdessen in der Sonne zu sitzen.
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.