Polyglot Dictionary

fortziehen

/ˈfɔʁtˌtsiːən/

verb B2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

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

Forms

present
zieht fort
past
zog fort
perfect
ist fortgezogen

Meaning

  1. to move away

    Built from fort (away) + ziehen (to pull).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • fort away
  • ziehen to pull

Similar words

aufrücken

fortziehen means "to move away," relocating; aufrücken means "to move up," advancing in rank or position — a different direction of "move."

Practice

1 What does fortziehen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Meine Freundin ist nach Berlin ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fortziehen?

verbseparable-verbcompound

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