fortleben
German, verb[ˈfɔʁtˌleːbn̩]
fortleben is spelled F-O-R-T-L-E-B-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fortleben is a German verb meaning “to live on” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sein Leben auf eine bestimmte Art weiterführen”.
What does fortleben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to live on
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sein Leben auf eine bestimmte Art weiterführen 2. weiter Bestand, Wirkung haben, nicht in Vergessenheit geraten
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 fortleben
- lebt fort present singular third-person
- lebte fort past
- fortgelebt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- fortlebend participle present
- fortzuleben infinitive infinitive-zu
- lebe fort first-person indicative present
- leben fort first-person indicative plural
- lebst fort indicative present second-person
- lebest fort second-person singular subjunctive
- lebet fort plural second-person subjunctive
- lebten fort first-person indicative plural
- lebtest fort indicative preterite second-person
- lebtet fort indicative plural preterite
- leb fort! imperative singular
- lebe fort! imperative singular
- lebt fort! imperative plural
- fortgelebt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fortleben?
- [ˈfɔʁtˌleːbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fortleben in German?
fortleben appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).