Furt
German, noun/fʊrt/
Furt is spelled F-U-R-T (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 57,755th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Furt is a German feminine noun meaning “ford (shallow river crossing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durchfahrbare Stelle eines Flusses, Flussübergang an einer flachen (aber nicht sumpfigen) Stelle des Gewässers”.
What does Furt mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineford (shallow river crossing)
Viele Städte wuchsen an einer Furt, was sich in Städtenamen wie Frankfurt, Erfurt oder Klagenfurt widerspiegelt.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. durchfahrbare Stelle eines Flusses, Flussübergang an einer flachen (aber nicht sumpfigen) Stelle des Gewässers
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 Furt
- Furten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Furt?
- /fʊrt/
- [fʊʁt]
- [fʊɐ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Furt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Furt in German?
Furt appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).