fortgehen
\ˈfɔʁtˌɡeːən\
The verdict
“fortgehen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - S'en aller.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fortgehen · fortgehen · French
fortgehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fortgehen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈfɔʁtˌɡeːən\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fortgehen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fortgehen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈfɔʁtˌɡeːən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fortgehen, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is fortgehen, spelled F-O-R-T-G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1S'en aller.
- 2Sortir pour divertissement.
- 3Poursuivre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fortgehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
(...) ich hatte Angst, ich dachte, dass … Ich liebe dich so sehr. Und er weicht zurück, erschrocken über diesen Satz, der ihm entglitten ist, stottert nochmals Verzeih und geht fort.
In dieser Nacht beschäftigten mich die widersprüchlichsten Gefühle, und ich konnte nicht schlafen. Einerseits war ich froh, meinen Bruder loszuwerden, da er fortgehen sollte, andererseits ahnte ich, dass sein Fortgang große Nöte bringen würde.
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.