fortwährende

[ˈfɔʁtˌvɛːʁəndə]

/[ˈfɔʁtˌvɛːʁəndə]/ adj

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The verdict

“fortwährende” is uncommon German (frequency #75,652 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,652
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fortwährend

Corpus desk

Index DE-fortwahrende · fortwährende · German

fortwährende · rank #75,652 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,652
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Forschungszen…

Nearest frequency peer: Forschungszentrums (-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 „fortwährende“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for fortwährende
PropertyValue
Headwordfortwährende
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈfɔʁtˌvɛːʁəndə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#75,652
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „fortwährende“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.fortwährendefällt 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: „Forschungszentrums“ (#75,651), „fortwährenden“ (#75,653), „Forschungsanstalt“ (#75,650). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „fortwährende“ bei #75,652. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fortwährende is uncommon German at frequency #75,652 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfɔʁtˌvɛːʁəndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for fortwährende in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is fortwährende, spelled F-O-R-T-W-Ä-H-R-E-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fortwährend
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fortwährend
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fortwährend
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fortwährend
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fortwährend
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fortwährend
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fortwährend
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fortwährend
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fortwährend

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 "fortwährende"?
"fortwährende" is spelled F-O-R-T-W-Ä-H-R-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɔʁtˌvɛːʁəndə].
What does "fortwährende" mean?
As an adjective, "fortwährende" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs fortwährend
How do you pronounce "fortwährende"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fortwährende" is [ˈfɔʁtˌvɛːʁəndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fortwährende" come from?
"fortwährende" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list