fortbestehen

fort- +‎ bestehen

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɔʁtbəˌʃteːən]
• Hyphenation: fort‧be‧ste‧hen

• Audio

  (file)

fortbestehen (irregular strong, third-person singular present besteht fort, past tense bestand fort, past participle fortbestanden, past subjunctive bestände fort or bestünde fort, auxiliary haben or sein)

1. to linger, to survive

Only the auxiliary haben is used in northern and central Germany. In southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, sein is common in the vernacular and also, alternatively, in standard usage.

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• Fortbestand

• “fortbestehen” in Duden online
• “fortbestehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache