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Etymology edit

fort +‎ fahren

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔʁtˌfaːʁən/
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  • Hyphenation: fort‧fah‧ren

Verb edit

fortfahren (class 6 strong, third-person singular present fährt fort, past tense fuhr fort, past participle fortgefahren, past subjunctive führe fort, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to drive away, drive off
    Er ist mit dem Motorrad fortgefahren.
    He drove off on the motorcycle
  2. (transitive) to drive away, remove by means of a vehicle
    Den Papiermüll fahre ich am Samstag fort.
    I’ll drive the paper trash away on Saturday.
  3. (intransitive, often with mit (with)) to continue
    Die Lehrerin ist/hat nach der kleinen Störung mit ihrem Unterricht fortgefahren.
    The teacher continued with her lesson after the brief disruption.
  4. (intransitive, with zu + infinitive) to continue, to resume (doing something)

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