fortschicken
[ˈfɔʁtˌʃɪkn̩]
The verdict
“fortschicken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden zu einem anderen Ort entsenden, um etwas zu erledigen oder abzuholen
Corpus desk
Index DE-fortschicken · fortschicken · German
fortschicken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fortschicken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɔʁtˌʃɪkn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fortschicken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fortschicken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɔʁtˌʃɪkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for fortschicken in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is fortschicken, spelled F-O-R-T-S-C-H-I-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden zu einem anderen Ort entsenden, um etwas zu erledigen oder abzuholen
- 2jemanden nicht empfangen, ihn auffordern wegzugehen
- 3eine Sache versenden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fortschicken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie schickte die Tochter fort, um den Pfarrer zu holen.
Wir hätten uns nicht einfach so fortschicken lassen sollen.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.