fortschleichen
[ˈfɔʁtˌʃlaɪ̯çn̩]
The verdict
“fortschleichen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich still und leise vom Ort entfernen
Corpus desk
Index DE-fortschleichen · fortschleichen · German
fortschleichen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | fortschleichen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɔʁtˌʃlaɪ̯çn̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fortschleichen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fortschleichen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɔʁtˌʃlaɪ̯çn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for fortschleichen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is fortschleichen, spelled F-O-R-T-S-C-H-L-E-I-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich still und leise vom Ort entfernen
- 2still und leise vom Ort weggehen
- 3sich langsam und wenig bemerkt ausbreiten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fortschleichen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oh, keiner im Zimmer, dann hat er sich also mal wieder fortgeschlichen, der Bengel.
Sie sind auf leisen Sohlen fortgeschlichen und haben auch nirgendwo Licht angemacht.
Antonyms
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.