fortführen
German, verb
fortführen is a German verb meaning “to continue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person plural dependent subjunctive II of fortfahren. Without its umlaut, fortfuhren is a different word: “first/third-person plural dependent preterite of fortfahren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Sache weiterhin tun”.
What does fortführen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to continue
- 2
to lead away
verb
- 1
first/third-person plural dependent subjunctive II of fortfahren
verb
- 1
first/third-person plural dependent preterite of fortfahren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Sache weiterhin tun 2. etwas oder jemanden an einen anderen Ort bringen
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 fortführen
- führt fort present singular third-person
- führte fort past
- fortgeführt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- fortführend participle present
- fortzuführen infinitive infinitive-zu
- führe fort first-person indicative present
- führen fort first-person indicative plural
- führst fort indicative present second-person
- führest fort second-person singular subjunctive
- führet fort plural second-person subjunctive
- führten fort first-person indicative plural
- führtest fort indicative preterite second-person
- führtet fort indicative plural preterite
- führ fort! imperative singular
- führe fort! imperative singular
- führt fort! imperative plural
- fortgeführt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is fortführen in German?
fortführen appears 1.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).