forttragen
German, verb/ˈfɔɐ̯tˌtʁaːɡn̩/
forttragen is spelled F-O-R-T-T-R-A-G-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 267,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Forttragen is a German verb meaning “to carry away” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden oder etwas mit Hilfe der Körperkraft (auf den Armen/mit den Händen) vom derzeitigen Ort entfernen”.
What does forttragen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to carry away
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden oder etwas mit Hilfe der Körperkraft (auf den Armen/mit den Händen) vom derzeitigen Ort entfernen
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 forttragen
- trägt fort present singular third-person
- trug fort past
- fortgetragen participle past
- trüge fort past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 6 strong
- forttragend participle present
- fortzutragen infinitive infinitive-zu
- trage fort first-person indicative present
- tragen fort first-person indicative plural
- trägst fort indicative present second-person
- tragt fort indicative plural present
- tragest fort second-person singular subjunctive
- traget fort plural second-person subjunctive
- trugen fort first-person indicative plural
- trügen fort first-person formal plural
- trugst fort indicative preterite second-person
- trugt fort indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce forttragen?
- /ˈfɔɐ̯tˌtʁaːɡn̩/
- [ˈfɔʁtˌtʁaːɡn̩]
- [ˈfɔʁtˌtʁaːɡŋ̍]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is forttragen in German?
forttragen 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).