fortnehmen
German, verb/ˈfɔʁtˌneːmən/
fortnehmen is spelled F-O-R-T-N-E-H-M-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 271,406th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fortnehmen is a German verb meaning “to take away” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas (oder jemanden) wegnehmen, entfernen”.
What does fortnehmen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to take away
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas (oder jemanden) wegnehmen, entfernen 2. jemandem etwas (oder jemanden), was dieser hat, wegnehmen, es sich (vorübergehend) aneignen
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 fortnehmen
- nimmt fort present singular third-person
- nahm fort past
- fortgenommen participle past
- nähme fort past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 4 strong
- fortnehmend participle present
- fortzunehmen infinitive infinitive-zu
- nehme fort first-person indicative present
- nehmen fort first-person indicative plural
- nimmst fort indicative present second-person
- nehmt fort indicative plural present
- nehmest fort second-person singular subjunctive
- nehmet fort plural second-person subjunctive
- nahmen fort first-person indicative plural
- nähmen fort first-person plural subjunctive
- nahmst fort indicative preterite second-person
- nahmt fort indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fortnehmen?
- /ˈfɔʁtˌneːmən/
- [ˈfɔʁtˌneːmən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fortnehmen in German?
fortnehmen appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).