fortkommen
[ˈfɔʁtˌkɔmən]
The verdict
“fortkommen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #80,366 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #80,366
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einen Ort verlassen; wegkommen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fortkommen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɔʁtˌkɔmən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #80,366 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fortkommen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for fortkommen is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfɔʁtˌkɔmən]. Corpus data places it at rank #80,366 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fortkommen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is fortkommen, spelled F-O-R-T-K-O-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Ort verlassen; wegkommen
- 2sich gut entwicklen, Fortschritte machen, gedeihen
- 3beruflich, in der Karriere vorankommen
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “fortkommen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-O-R-T-K-O-M-M-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfɔʁtˌkɔmən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.