fortgeben
German, verb
fortgeben is spelled F-O-R-T-G-E-B-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written German, the 564,542nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fortgeben is a German verb meaning “to give away something, to relinquish something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Fortgeben is a different word: “gerund of fortgeben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand anderem überlassen; sich von etwas oder jemandem trennen, meist eher verschenken als verkaufen”.
What does fortgeben mean in English?
verb
- 1
datedto give away something, to relinquish something
noun
- 1
neutergerund of fortgeben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemand anderem überlassen; sich von etwas oder jemandem trennen, meist eher verschenken als verkaufen
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 fortgeben
- gibt fort present singular third-person
- gab fort past
- fortgegeben participle past
- gäbe fort past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 5 strong
- fortgebend participle present
- fortzugeben infinitive infinitive-zu
- gebe fort first-person indicative present
- geben fort first-person indicative plural
- gibst fort indicative present second-person
- gebt fort indicative plural present
- gebest fort second-person singular subjunctive
- gebet fort plural second-person subjunctive
- gaben fort first-person indicative plural
- gäben fort first-person plural subjunctive
- gabst fort indicative preterite second-person
- gabt fort indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is fortgeben in German?
fortgeben appears about once in every 81 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).