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fortreisen

German, verb/ˈfɔɐ̯tˌʁaɪ̯zn̩/

fortreisen is spelled F-O-R-T-R-E-I-S-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written German, the 557,474th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fortreisen is a German verb meaning “to travel away” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vom Wohnort wegfahren und eine Weile wegbleiben”.

What does fortreisen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to travel away

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. vom Wohnort wegfahren und eine Weile wegbleiben

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 fortreisen

  • reist fort present singular third-person
  • reiste fort past
  • fortgereist participle past
  • sein auxiliary
  • fortreisend participle present
  • fortzureisen infinitive infinitive-zu
  • reise fort first-person indicative present
  • reisen fort first-person indicative plural
  • reisest fort second-person singular subjunctive
  • reiset fort plural second-person subjunctive
  • reisten fort first-person indicative plural
  • reistest fort indicative preterite second-person
  • reistet fort indicative plural preterite
  • reis fort! imperative singular
  • reise fort! imperative singular
  • reist fort! imperative plural
  • fortgereist sein active infinitive perfect
  • fortgereist zu sein active extended infinitive

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fortreisen?

  • /ˈfɔɐ̯tˌʁaɪ̯zn̩/
  • Germany /ˈfɔɐ̯tˌʁaɪ̯zən̩/
  • /ˈfɔɐ̯tˌʁaɪ̯sn̩/

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is fortreisen in German?

fortreisen appears about once in every 79 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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