fürbass
German, adverb/fyːrˈbas/
fürbass is spelled F-Ü-R-B-A-S-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written German, the 495,385th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fürbass is a German adverb meaning “on, onwards, forwards, past” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weiter, vorwärts”.
What does fürbass mean in English?
adverb
- 1
on, onwards, forwards, past
Ein älterer Mann sah uns: „Ihr tickt doch nicht mehr sauber!“ – sprach’s und schritt fürbass.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. weiter, vorwärts
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 fürbass
- fürbaß alternative proscribed
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fürbass?
- /fyːrˈbas/
- [fy(ː)ɐ̯ˈbas]
- [fyːɐ̯ˈbas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fürbass in German?
fürbass appears about once in every 65 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).