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fort-

fort-

See also: fort, Fort, fört, fořt, and for't

German

Prefix

fort-

  1. A prefix.

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:German_words_prefixed_with_fort-'>German words prefixed with fort-</a>

Swedish

Etymology

Used in a number of German loan-words, from the German prefix fort-, related to English forth.

Prefix

fort-

  1. forthwith, continued, further; e.g. fortgå, fortplanta, fortsätta, fortvara

See also

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Swedish_words_prefixed_with_fort-'>Swedish words prefixed with fort-</a>

Etymology

Parallel to German fort.

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