German edit

Etymology edit

By surface analysis, fort- +‎ gehen.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔʁtˌɡeːən/
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  • Hyphenation: fort‧ge‧hen

Verb edit

fortgehen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present geht fort, past tense ging fort, past participle fortgegangen, auxiliary sein)

  1. to continue, to go on, to keep on, to carry on
  2. to depart, to take off, to go away
  3. (regional, colloquial) to go out, to go clubbing
    Synonym: ausgehen

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Further reading edit

  • fortgehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • fortgehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • fortgehen” in Duden online
  • fortgehen” in OpenThesaurus.de