fortkommen

[ˈfɔʁtˌkɔmən]

/[ˈfɔʁtˌkɔmən]/ verb

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The verdict

“fortkommen” is uncommon German (frequency #80,366 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,366
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Ort verlassen; wegkommen

Corpus desk

Index DE-fortkommen · fortkommen · German

fortkommen · rank #80,366 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,366
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Forschungspro…

Nearest frequency peer: Forschungsprojekts (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „fortkommen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „fortkommen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fortkommen
PropertyValue
Headwordfortkommen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfɔʁtˌkɔmən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#80,366
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „fortkommen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.fortkommenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Forschungsprojekts“ (#80,365), „Fraktionszwang“ (#80,367), „Forschungsbereich“ (#80,364). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fortkommen“ bei #80,366. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fortkommen is uncommon German at frequency #80,366 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɔʁtˌkɔmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    einen Ort verlassen; wegkommen
  2. 2
    sich gut entwicklen, Fortschritte machen, gedeihen
  3. 3
    beruflich, in der Karriere vorankommen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fortkommen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Ich sende dir dorthin Nachricht, wann ich hier fortkommen kann.“
  2. „In mittelmäßigem Boden können die Bäume zwar fortkommen und Früchte tragen, aber sie können nicht ihre höchste Vollkommenheit der Entwicklung erreichen.“

Synonyms

verschwindenvorankommenvorwärtskommenwegkommenweiterkommengedeihenvorwärtskommenweiterkommenvorankommen

This word in other languages

partir(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fortkommen"?
"fortkommen" is spelled F-O-R-T-K-O-M-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɔʁtˌkɔmən].
What does "fortkommen" mean?
As a verb, "fortkommen" means: einen Ort verlassen; wegkommen
How do you pronounce "fortkommen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fortkommen" is [ˈfɔʁtˌkɔmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fortkommen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Frauenbund#80,370Fischzucht#80,358Filtration#80,353festlicher#80,350

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list