fortwähren
German, verb/ˈfɔʁtˌvɛːʁən/
fortwähren is spelled F-O-R-T-W-Ä-H-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written German, the 501,868th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fortwähren is a German verb meaning “to continue, to go on” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weiter so bleiben, wie es ist”.
What does fortwähren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to continue, to go on
Die monatlichen Treffen währten fort.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. weiter so bleiben, wie es ist
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 fortwähren
- währt fort present singular third-person
- währte fort past
- fortgewährt participle past
- sein auxiliary
- fortwährend participle present
- fortzuwähren infinitive infinitive-zu
- währe fort first-person indicative present
- währen fort first-person indicative plural
- währst fort indicative present second-person
- währest fort second-person singular subjunctive
- währet fort plural second-person subjunctive
- währten fort first-person indicative plural
- währtest fort indicative preterite second-person
- währtet fort indicative plural preterite
- währ fort! imperative singular
- währe fort! imperative singular
- währt fort! imperative plural
- haben auxiliary perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fortwähren?
- /ˈfɔʁtˌvɛːʁən/
- [ˈfɔʁtˌvɛːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fortwähren in German?
fortwähren appears about once in every 66 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).