fortsetzten

[ˈfɔʁtˌzɛt͡stn̩]

/[ˈfɔʁtˌzɛt͡stn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“fortsetzten” is uncommon German (frequency #86,478 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,478
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs fortsetzen

Corpus desk

Index DE-fortsetzten · fortsetzten · German

fortsetzten · rank #86,478 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,478
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Forschungssta…

Nearest frequency peer: Forschungsstation (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „fortsetzten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „fortsetzten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fortsetzten
PropertyValue
Headwordfortsetzten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfɔʁtˌzɛt͡stn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#86,478
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „fortsetzten“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.fortsetztenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Forschungsstation“ (#86,477), „fountain“ (#86,480), „Flüchtlingskonvention“ (#86,475). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fortsetzten“ bei #86,478. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fortsetzten is uncommon German at frequency #86,478 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɔʁtˌzɛt͡stn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fortsetzten, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is fortsetzten, spelled F-O-R-T-S-E-T-Z-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs fortsetzen
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs fortsetzen
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs fortsetzen
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs fortsetzen

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fortsetzten"?
"fortsetzten" is spelled F-O-R-T-S-E-T-Z-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɔʁtˌzɛt͡stn̩].
What does "fortsetzten" mean?
As a verb, "fortsetzten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs fortsetzen
How do you pronounce "fortsetzten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fortsetzten" is [ˈfɔʁtˌzɛt͡stn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fortsetzten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Finanzhilfe#86,472fruchtbares#86,488Fundstücken#86,494fünfzehnten#86,498

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list