Polyglot Dictionary

fortschaffen

/ˈfɔʁtˌʃafn̩/

verb C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
separable

Forms

present
schafft fort
past
schaffte fort
perfect
hat fortgeschafft

Meaning

  1. to remove, to get rid of

    Built from fort (away) + schaffen (to manage).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • fort away
  • schaffen to manage

Similar words

loswerden

fortschaffen is more about physically removing or carting something away; loswerden is more general, and can be abstract, like getting rid of a bad habit.

Practice

1 What does fortschaffen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Man muss den Müll ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fortschaffen?

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