fortwälzen

[ˈfɔʁtˌvɛlt͡sn̩]

/[ˈfɔʁtˌvɛlt͡sn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“fortwälzen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas (unter großem Kraftaufwand) von einer Stelle, einem Ort wegrollen/wegschieben

Corpus desk

Index DE-fortwalzen · fortwälzen · German

fortwälzen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for fortwälzen
PropertyValue
Headwordfortwälzen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfɔʁtˌvɛlt͡sn̩]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „fortwälzen“ im Deutschen

fortwälzensitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fortwälzen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɔʁtˌvɛlt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fortwälzen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is fortwälzen, spelled F-O-R-T-W-Ä-L-Z-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas (unter großem Kraftaufwand) von einer Stelle, einem Ort wegrollen/wegschieben
  2. 2
    sich langsam weiterbewegen/wegbewegen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how fortwälzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Stein blockiert den Eingang, man müsste ihn fortwälzen. Vielleicht kriegt man ihn mit Hilfe von Eisenstangen fortgewälzt.
  2. Träge wälzte sich der Strom der Besucher fort, erst dem Aussichtspunkt entgegen und dann weiter zum Ausgang.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fortwälzen"?
"fortwälzen" is spelled F-O-R-T-W-Ä-L-Z-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɔʁtˌvɛlt͡sn̩].
What does "fortwälzen" mean?
As a verb, "fortwälzen" means: etwas (unter großem Kraftaufwand) von einer Stelle, einem Ort wegrollen/wegschieben
How do you pronounce "fortwälzen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "fortwälzen" is [ˈfɔʁtˌvɛlt͡sn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "fortwälzen" come from?
"fortwälzen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list